FLEDGED in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of FLEDGED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fledged
 a.  furnished with feathers; able to fly; equipped for flight; winged; developed; matured
Classic Sentence:
1  They were both so much moved that they cried aloud like eagles or vultures with crooked talons that have been robbed of their half fledged young by peasants.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVI
2  As to what I dare, I'm a old bird now, as has dared all manner of traps since first he was fledged, and I'm not afeerd to perch upon a scarecrow.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XL
3  A balmy, soft warmth poured into the room, heavy with velvety smells, redolent of many blossoms, of newly fledged trees and of the moist, freshly turned red earth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
Example Sentence:
1  Citizenship is a form of recognition that one is a fully fledged member of the community.
2  A fully fledged ocean-crossing cable helps them detect all sorts of seismic rumbles; that would be a boon to geologists who focus on the Eurasian and African tectonic plates.