My older brother hatched two white ducklings in an incubator in his bedroom for a school project. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
No. KING: Don't tell me you were an ugly duckling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2005] Reference
Than to see a young duckling form part of the dish!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 18, 1891] Reference
When all was quiet, the duckling started out again. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
At last it broke, and out came a big, ugly duckling. From Wordnik.com. [A Primary Reader Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children] Reference
"It is all because I am so ugly," said the duckling. From Wordnik.com. [A Primary Reader Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children] Reference
So the sheep and the duckling, the duck and the hen. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878] Reference
"That is because I am so ugly," thought the duckling. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
They saw the duckling and came sailing down toward him. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
There in a warm room the duckling came to himself again. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
Green peas are the usual accompaniment to roast duckling. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Crisco] Reference
We had some leftovers from dinner, and he fed a duckling. From Wordnik.com. [Date Lab: This date is hot. But in the right way?] Reference
But the poor, big, ugly duckling did not have a good time. From Wordnik.com. [A Primary Reader Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children] Reference
The next day, the cat saw the duckling and began to growl. From Wordnik.com. [A Primary Reader Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children] Reference
Some wild geese came by, and they laughed at the duckling, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
The duckling flapped his wings and found that they were strong. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
But the wind blew so hard that the duckling went into the house. From Wordnik.com. [A Primary Reader Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children] Reference
The door stood open, and the duckling slipped out into the snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
Looking back I am glad that I had my ugly/awkward duckling stage!. From Wordnik.com. [Leslie Goldman: Are You "Formerly Hot"?] Reference
They swam about very easily, and the ugly duckling swam with them. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
Snow and sleet fell, and the ugly duckling had a very unhappy time. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
The ugly duckling was shy and at first hid his head under his wing. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
LUNDEN: It took a long time for the ugly duckling to become a swan. From Wordnik.com. [How To Succeed In Showbiz: The Frank Loesser Story] Reference
"Quack! quack!" cried she, and one duckling after another jumped in. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Fairy Tales] Reference
It was a successful rescue for a wayward duckling in Washington State. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2006] Reference
And they did make themselves at home -- all but the poor ugly duckling. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
Then one of the ducks flew at the ugly duckling and bit him in the neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
"Quack! quack!" she said, and then one duckling after another plunged in. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
The story of the ugly duckling is much truer than many a bald statement of fact. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
The appearance was that of a plucked duckling when it is what is called "penny.". From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Early the next morning a farmer found the duckling and took him to the farmhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
I'm kind of -- I'm kind of the ugly duckling of the family when it comes to that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2009] Reference
But get this, growing up she felt like an ugly duckling next to her three sisters. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2006] Reference
Hen-like, Mercy soon learned this sally of her refractory duckling, and was uneasy. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
The duckling knew the superb creatures, and was seized with a strange feeling of sadness. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
The ugly duckling felt quite strange, and he gave such a loud cry that he frightened himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
Just ahead, in a lame duck session of Congress, Minnesota's Dean Barkley is the ugly duckling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2002] Reference
She kept him three weeks, hoping that she would get some duck eggs, but the duckling did not lay. From Wordnik.com. [The Child's World Third Reader] Reference
The ugly duckling had become a swan, for now there was no trace of her former plainness to be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
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