flocking
a velvetlike pattern produced on wallpaper or cloth decorated with flock.
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How to use flocking in a sentence
Recently touted as being the fifth most popular national park on TikTok, Göreme, in central Turkey, is so much more than a haven for flocking influencers.
For instance, he has studied the flocking patterns of starlings and other animals.
Research on climate and more brings trio the 2021 physics Nobel Prize | Emily Conover | October 6, 2021 | Science News For StudentsBoids of a feather, flock togetherAncient Romans said the gods guided flocking birds.
Here’s the real story behind Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ | Tom McNamara | December 3, 2020 | Popular-ScienceHeard about all the 2016 Democratic hopefuls flocking to the Hawkeye State?
Iowa Has a Phantom Democratic Presidential Candidates Problem | Ben Jacobs | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo Many Jihadists Are flocking to Libya, It's Becoming ‘Scumbag Woodstock’
Soon, believers seeking cures began flocking to the chapel and praying to its guardian angel, St. Roch.
Fashion designers, models, and bloggers are flocking to New York to check out the Fall/Winter 2014 runways.
Where the Fashionistas Eat: An Insider's Guide to Fashion Week New York | The Fashion Beast Team | February 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe CSI shows similarly sent young people flocking to forensic-science programs.
The London workhouses had become congested "by the flocking into them of the lowest and most difficult to manage classes of poor."
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbThe news had spread like wildfire to the studies, and the other boys came flocking in during the uproar, to join in it heartily.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarAs the children came flocking in with their bright faces and gay ribbons, it was a pretty scene.
The Story of the Big Front Door | Mary Finley LeonardIt came afternoon of the next day, and the show was opened, and the people came flocking in.
The Belted Seas | Arthur ColtonMen and women are flocking to the meetings, old and young, to know what they must do to be saved.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love | Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton
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