How to Use partridge in a Sentence

partridge

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  • On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... just a partridge?
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Just to the right of the little partridge berry patch was a small plant that didn’t match all the others in the area.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Just kidding — there is no partridge in a pear tree in the box set.
    — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 May 2018
  • Forget the five golden rings and a partridge in a pear tree.
    — Jay Jones, latimes.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Two others simply appeared in the forms of a dove and a partridge.
    — Eliot Weinberger, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
  • When nothing but Isle of Muck red-legged partridge will do, Three Chimneys is your go-to.
    — Margot Dougherty, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2018
  • While swan, calling bird, and partridge prices didn't change, those of turtle doves, French hens and geese soared by 20%.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Ever since, the partridge has remained proudly perched in a pear tree.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Four planes de-icing, three babies screaming, two hours waiting… and a partridge in a pear tree!
    — Todd Plummer, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Gray partridge chicks, for example, can leave the nest within hours of hatching.
    — Animals, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Even the royal canines ate well — a mixture of fresh rabbit, partridge, and pheasant.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • While the majority of the products in this festive basket of goods saw prices increase, the cost of a partridge and four calling birds held steady.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The homes are bathed in white lights and yard art depicting the verses in the traditional carol, from a partridge in a pear tree to the 12 drummers drumming.
    — Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The chefs are tasked with creating a dish featuring either quail, duck, squab, turkey, or chukar (a type of partridge).
    — Vulture, 23 Apr. 2021
  • That’s because in the early French version of the song, the suitor gifted only a partridge, which in French is rendered as une pertriz.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
  • The women either take part in the shooting of partridges and pheasants or help with tallying their partner’s haul.
    — PEOPLE.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The breeder in western North Dakota had a fenced in area for their dogs that encompassed 20 acres and held pheasant and partridge habitat.
    — Steve Meyer | Alaska Outdoors, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Bill Porche said his pet birds look like turkeys, with heads shaped like helmets, and are related to the chicken and partridge families.
    — Celeste Turner | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 5 Nov. 2020
  • That means that partridge in a pear tree wasn't just for holiday decorations.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 18 Dec. 2017
  • And so his initial impulse maybe in the work was to also elevate me and put me in these settings with partridges and scepters, and thrones and chifforobes and mounting me on horses.
    — Tierney McAfee, PEOPLE.com, 12 Feb. 2018
  • With a yellow silk body, small thorax of beaver dubbing, and sparse Hungarian partridge hackle, the Partridge and Yellow is easy to whip up on the vise.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Many people carol during the holidays about receiving a partridge in a pear tree from their true love.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2020
  • These grasslands also support an even more threatened species, a shy, partridge-like bird called the corncrake, which remained silent and unseen.
    — Adrian Higgins, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Grouse and red deer, in season, comes from Balmoral, along with pheasant and partridge from Sandringham, and more pheasant from Windsor, too.
    — Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country, 15 May 2022
  • Another day, Mike Sertich, then an assistant coach, opened his locker at the Duluth rink, and a partridge flew out.
    — John Rosengren, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2020
  • And by the end of Talos’s tale, he’d been turned into a partridge as protection from his now-jealous, murderous uncle.
    — Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The partridge and quail season opens early in Idaho (Sept. 19), which is exciting for hunters looking to kick off their season early.
    — Matt Hardinge, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Who can’t recall at least a few of the strange and downright silly-sounding gifts mentioned (repeatedly) in the lyrics, which range from a partridge in a pear tree all the way up to 12 drummers drumming?
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 28 Sep. 2020
  • In Uruguay, partridge escabeche contains carrots and black peppercorns.
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • As such, this platter is Patience Brewster’s take on the 12 Days of Christmas and is decorated with characters inspired by verses from the classic carol, including the partridge in a pear tree.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2023

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