(n.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.
(v. i.) To catch larks; as, to go larking.
Example Sentences:
(1) Owls were more hypnotizable than larks in the morning, and larks were also significantly more hypnotizable in the evening than owls.
(2) The three young men were trying to get to grips with a troubling scene in which they lark about with a baby in its pram, poking it, pulling off its nappy, goading each other until they stone it to death.
(3) Imitating the white, vaudeville television love-to-hate wrestler Gorgeous George, his forecasts bragged the precise round he was going to win, sometimes combining such box-office larks with couplets of doggerel.
(4) Explaining why they continue to increase the size of the UN consolidated appeal each year, despite not acheiving full funding year-on-year, Larke said: “We base our ask on the real needs we assess, not on the money we expect to get - to do so the other way round would be dishonest.
(5) This is Ferguson in his element, larking about with a world-class footballer whose development he has overseen from the star's late teenage years.
(6) Lacking self-confidence and plagued by ill-health, she was hospitalised several times during the 1950s, and took failure hard, blaming herself in particular for the lack of success of Jean Anouilh's The Lark, in which she starred as St Joan in 1955.
(7) I look at my Instagram the week before [the tweets], and I was happy as a lark.
(8) And all three looked as if they were ready to Snapchat their larking pose to all their schoolfriends.
(9) It’s not just readers who nonetheless see North Korea as a bit of a lark.
(10) Someone suggested speaking to a newsagent in Lark Lane, others a supermarket in Lodge Lane that reflects the multi-ethnic nature of Toxteth.
(11) Thinking it was quite a lark we joined in and the ensuing 10-minute interval on the hallowed turf was a carnival atmosphere with much fun had by all, the highlight being the conga lines dancing to the chant of 'Bulstrode is a wanker'.
(12) We see the upturned faces of the soldiers as they look for the larks in one of Rosenberg's most famous poems, "Returning, We Hear the Larks".
(13) Studies of Maaløe, Lark, and others with amino acid- and thymine-starved cultures revealed successive steps in the biosynthesis of Escherichia coli chromosomes.
(14) Among the rareties: ivory gull, sharp-tailed sandpiper, lark sparrow and warblers from every corner of the western hemisphere.
(15) Ah, another opportunity for Hairy Dave to lark about the dancefloor in a comedy fashion.
(16) It’s quite probable that a large number of these “signatures” are some combination of a lark and the same yahoos signing multiple times.
(17) * A soft siffle, high in the air like a distant lark, or the note of a penny whistle, faint and falling.
(18) Then Antiques Roadshow drew 6.92 million (26.4%) in the next hour, while Lark Rise to Candleford had 6.31 million (23%) in the 8pm hour.
(19) I fantasise that maybe one of those people will read the article and think "I'm going to give this gaming lark a try" and that they will buy a console on their way home from work, and that it'll change their life for the better.
(20) Seemingly spontaneous holiday larks abound; we're one puddle of purple vomit away from the dream Brits abroad weekend.
Wark
Definition:
(n.) Work; a building.
Example Sentences:
(1) In its original format the show was was presented by Mark Lawson from 1994 until 2005, when Kearney and Wark took over, and in the early years often featured a regular panel of Tom Paulin, Allison Pearson and Tony Parsons.
(2) It was memorable for being the first time that hosts Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark , who always host the show on different nights, have presented a programme together since 1989, when they were working on Breakfast Time, according to the Times.
(3) Welby ducked a question on his personal views on gay marriage – which he has opposed in the past, though he told Pink News earlier this year that it was “great” parliament had passed the law – telling interviewer, Kirsty Wark, it would be inappropriate to speak of it while the church was debating the issue.
(4) Clements, who is married to Newsnight's Kirsty Wark, will join the company as the director of content for SMG's television business, STV, on September 15.
(5) Those who have already appeared in front of Pollard, a former Sky News executive, include Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark, as well as programme editor Peter Rippon, head of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell.
(6) How does he cope with being referred to as Mr Kirsty Wark?
(7) Jeremy Paxman, Newsnight's best-known presenter, and Kirsty Wark, another programme veteran, and Helen Boaden, the BBC's "recused" director of news, are among those who have given evidence to Pollard, as have the reporter and producer at the centre of the storm about the axed Savile film – Liz MacKean and Meirion Jones.
(8) Imagine the leader of a UK political party, a potential prime minister, making these comments about Kirsty Wark or Theresa May.
(9) The inquiry has already heard evidence from Newsnight presenters Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark, the programme editor Peter Rippon, director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell.
(10) Strathclyde Police have confirmed that they are investigating a complaint against the independent producer Alan Clements and his wife, the Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, over an alleged incident of data theft.
(11) Ignatieff's fellow presenters included Sarah Dunant, Kirsty Wark, Matthew Collings, Clive James, Waldemar Januszczak, Mark Lawson and Tracey MacLeod.
(12) It will be reported about a new bifocal lens, that can be supplied with an additional prism in the near segment for close-range wark with an increased magnification up to +8.0 dpt.
(13) When Kirsty Wark tried a rather spluttery Newsnight interrogation of Glenn Greenwald , for instance, was that useful or irritating?
(14) According to sources at the Times, Washington correspondent Tim Reid and features writer Penny Wark are also due to leave, as is the head of business news Phil Robinson and reporter Elizabeth Judge.
(15) It was alleged in court that Mr Clements had instructed his then personal assistant Janice McKnight - who now works for Wark - to hack into the emails sent between his IWC colleagues, including Hamish Barbour.
(16) Those who have already appeared in front of Pollard include Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark, as well as programme editor Peter Rippon, Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell.
(17) His views were robustly challenged by both the presenter, Kirsty Wark and the other participants in the discussion – Julie Siddiqi, the executive director of the Islamic Society of Britain and Shams Ad-Duha Muhammad, the director of Ebrahim College."
(18) "We are also quite mystified that Kirsty Wark's name has been mentioned because she has not been accused of anything.
(19) • nationaltrust.org.uk PatricC Padley Gorge, Derbyshire Starting at Padley Gorge, walk down to Burbage Brook, looking out across beautiful moorland to Carl Wark in the distance, across the rickety bridge and through ancient oak forest to Grindleford Station, where you can stop at the cafe famous for its chip butties and rude notices.
(20) Alan Clements, one of Scotland's leading TV executives and the husband of Newsnight's Kirsty Wark, was left with legal bills of £450,000 yesterday after his former employer RDF Media won a legal action stopping him from moving to rivals SMG before December 2008.