Examples of migratory in a Sentence
most of the apple crop is picked by migratory workers
migratory birds heading south for the winter
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The lakes in the American West are major refueling points for more than three hundred different bird species, some of them endangered, along the Pacific Flyway, the migratory route extending from Alaska to Patagonia.
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Rosa Lyster, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The amount of migratory birds overhead varies according to what the weather is and where you are located along the flyway.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
These residents have gathered every night for the past few weeks to scare away migratory egrets and herons that seem to like the suburbs.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
The dynamic beach and dune habitats there are home to a whopping 370 different bird species, from migratory waterfowl to shorebirds to raptors.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
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Rosa Lyster, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The amount of migratory birds overhead varies according to what the weather is and where you are located along the flyway.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
These residents have gathered every night for the past few weeks to scare away migratory egrets and herons that seem to like the suburbs.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
The dynamic beach and dune habitats there are home to a whopping 370 different bird species, from migratory waterfowl to shorebirds to raptors.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Migratory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migratory. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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migratory
adjective
mi·gra·to·ry
ˈmī-grə-ˌtōr-ē 
-ˌtȯr-
: having a way of life that includes making migrations
migratory workers
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