And cunning baskets midstream lie To trap the perch that gambol by; In coves of creek the saw-mills sing, And trim the spar and hew the mast; And the gaunt loons dart on the wing, To see the steamer looming past.
A mournful chorus of croons from the loons went round the solitude.
But wha kens what they may do to my laddie when he stands afore the justicers, and the lawyer loons come at him wi' their quips and quandaries?
Then the master did his office affectionately upon those parts of Tommy Nisbett and Jock Harrison which of their own accord the adventurous loons had exposed.
So fierce and fiery was the little man, that no one of the great stalwart loons who came in the winter-time dared to try their pranks upon him.
But I saw none on the Green, saving some raggedy loons playing kick-ball, whom I did not like to trust with so important a message.
It is said that loons have been caught in the New York lakes eighty feet beneath the surface, with hooks set for trout--though Walden is deeper than that.
But gamekeepers are a' juist regairdless heathen loons that care neither for Kirk nor minister—except maybe an orra while at election time.
Moreover, we ken na the strength of the loons within.
She did but pounce on yon unco ugsome bird, and these bloodthirsty grasping loons would have wrung her neck.
In England and France I can have no stragglers nor loons like to help themselves, nor give cause for a fray to bring shame on the haill troop in lands that are none too friendly.
Petronelle's voice in her own tongue; 'best cease to cry, and not fash theloons more.
There are barely twelve fighting men in it, and sorry loons are the maist.
About this time there arose a great sough and surmise, that some loons were playing false with the kirkyard, howking up the bodies from their damp graves, and harling them away to the College.
For a warning to all falseloons that profess friendship, and disgrace it.
Make them go far, good mother; for I have ta'en over many already from my boy for a set of useless loons that were aye going to find him for me.
Dyvor, beggar loons to me-- I reign in Jeannie's bosom.
It is not safe for a spirity creature like this," he said, "the roaring of those loons so near her lug.
There are plenty of loons in Fife that will swear themselves my kinsmen, however they came by the name.
He led her over the ridge to the marshy shores of Gray Lake,--a dismal body of water over which the waterfowl circled endlessly and the loons shrieked their maniacal cries.
It's gude for us that the loons were quarrelling over the spoil.
This is perhaps the least abundant of the Loons found on Hudson Bay, though common in the lakes of the interior.
This species are also called Loons in Hudson's Bay; but they are so far inferior to the two former, that they seldom weigh more than three or four pounds.
The spot on the islet where the loons had their nest was almost unconcealed.
To be sure, the lake was large enough to overlook and forget such a small invasion, but for the loons it was a great matter.
But there was one enemy besides man whom theloons had cause to fear, even on their secluded islet.
For the next few days, however, the life of the loons was tranquil, with good fishing to content their appetites and no untoward event to make them anxious.
They're terrible loonsthe sodgers for grippin' and haudin'.
When all seemed over and the dog appearingly well tested, the loons saw somewhat, as it were one piece after another, drop from the side of his mouth.
So these wild loons would say: "Prophesy to us, John Gib, for we know that thou hast the devil ever at thine elbow.
I am but poor Birsay the cobbler," the man answered, "an it please your honour, I like not to come so near thae ill loons of soldiers.
I am blithe, though, that it's neither of the twa loons themselves.
I am a crowned sinner--and deil ane o' the lazyloons in but mysell!
But I will enlarge on this farther as we pass along, gin ye list to bid your twa lazy loons of porters there lift up your little kist between them, whilk ae true Scotsman might carry under his arm.
She did wake the loons up, and afterward I learned that they knew her voice and loved her, for she was good to them and protected them.
I ran my pony in a race, He leaped and bounded full of grace, The loons they called, they called to me, I answered them quite daft with glee.
How I wished I could tell him that those were merely two old gossipy daddy loons accompanying their mates to their respective home bays on the lake.
First set the tune to suit the time When we were loons at school, The sang can be a careless rhyme Nae measured aff by rule.
Don't expect picnickers to be such crazy loons as to come here in winter time, do you?
Big barren bluff rises from water on north, barren mountains a few miles to west, ridge of green to west, sun setting in faces to contrast and darken, two loons laughing, two otters swimming in lake.
Wallace and I came upon two old loons and two young.
Once we stopped to listen to the loonscalling [Great Northern Divers].
Speaking of the loons we had heard calling on Lake Michikamau he said: "You should hear some of the little Indian boys calling the loons.
Is it more beautiful than the land of the musk ox in summer, when sometimes the mist blows over the lakes, and sometimes the waters are blue, and the loons call very often?
You will just see the loons come and circle round and round over them when they call.
Loons were about us at all hours, and I grew to love their weird call as much almost as the Indians do.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "loons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
