In the breeding season the albatross retires in company with other sea-birds, particularly the penguin, to some rocky shore to build its nest.
For though the albatross has been seen in our latitudes, yet the southern seas are his native home.
The albatross has been seen fully 1000 miles from any shore.
The male albatross takes turns with his mate in hatching the young.
The albatross feeds on fish or on smaller sea-fowl, and is a very voracious bird; that is, he will eat a great quantity, and devours in a greedy way.
The albatross loves also to follow in the wake of ships.
In Kamtschatka the albatrossis caught by the natives and made useful.
I have one by me that was taken from a large albatross caught on the voyage from Australia.
From the length of his wings, the albatross has some little trouble in raising himself from the surface of the water, where he often floats at rest.
The albatross is caught by means of a hook baited with a fish.
Where they had left him, there the baby albatross sat in his nest, day after day, week after week, month after month.
The baby albatrossstill sat and watched the sky and sun, and listened to the waves.
The self-same moment I could pray; And from my neck so free The Albatross fell off, and sank Like lead into the sea.
Had I from old and young; Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.
I will give to them the spirit Of the Albatross who searches Distant seas on tireless pinions.
With rejoicing all the Tamals Sought their homes along the bayshore, Singing thanks to the Great Spirit, Singing praises to their saviors, Giant Albatross and Beaver, Resting then, within the harbor.
On the Albatross and Beaver All the Tamals rode in safety, While the swirling deluge covered All the foothills and the mountains.
Do you see," she said, "the Islands Of the Albatrossand Beaver?
On theAlbatross and Beaver You shall ride, until the waters Shall return to their own borders.
The albatross is a stately and noble bird, and the stretch of its wings has been known to be fully twelve feet from tip to tip.
If it's men you mean, I reckon you'll find plenty of 'em atAlbatross Island.
I reckon you'll have to make up your minds to go to Albatross Island yet, strangers.
Show how the killing of the albatross and the blessing of the water snakes are the most important events of all.
Name the incidents that lead to the killing of the albatross; those that lead from the killing of the albatross to the blessing of the water snakes; and those that lead from this point to the end.
She was an honest trader--at least so it was said--though what she traded in we have no more notion than the albatross which gazed at her with such inquisitive sagacity.
They soon reached a small eminence or rocky plateau, from which was obtained a splendid view of the sea, with the barque floating like a large albatross on its surface.
Most of the fighting must be done in their lines; and far above, their squadrons of Albatross single-seaters watch ceaselessly for a chance to pounce unseen.
In a wild series of zooms and half-spirals, to throw off his pursuers' aim, he reaches his own lines safely, and finds that all but one Albatross have given up the chase.
Meanwhile, far up in the blue, their shark-like bodies and broad short wings glimmering faintly in the upper sunlight, a patrol of Albatross monoplaces is watching.
Yet it was that albatross who brought me notice of the shipwrecked stranger and he, too, I determined should carry back a message, to cheer and encourage the sender.
Beechey and one or two others speak of encountering the Albatross in the North Pacific, but their statements are disputed by mariners of the present day.
The Albatross is peculiar to the south as the gull to the north.
The other was stouter, and perhaps forty or thereabouts; he wore a short cape of white albatross plumes, with a girdle of shells at his waist, interspersed with red coral.
At the words, a man of about forty, tall and sinewy, clad in a short cape of white albatross feathers, and with a girdle of nautilus shells interspersed with red coral tied around his waist, came forth to the summons.
With bitterest venom McGee thumbed his trigger releases as he caught a fleeting glimpse of theAlbatross in the ring sight.
When I'm up against the ceiling with a fast flying Albatross or tri-plane Fokker on my tail, I don't want any mysteries to handle.
Hamilton had found, some weeks previously, several nests of the sooty albatross along the cliff-front on the eastern side of Wireless Hill, and on the 21st he visited them for the purpose of photographing the young in the nest.
We heard the discordant but mournful cry of a sooty albatross coming from the cliff-front, so Hamilton climbed up and, after scrambling about for a while, succeeded in finding a nest, which contained one egg.
Hurley and his companion found the lost lens and returned to Harrisson securing a fine albatross on the way.
The beautiful sliding sweep of the albatrossis the most familiar example.
Hutchinson kindly volunteered to carry thealbatross in addition to his original load.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "albatross" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: burden; encumbrance; load; magpie; pressure
