Examples of “migrant” in a Sentence

noun A person who moves from one place, country, or region to live or work in another.

• Many migrants come to the city looking for seasonal work.
• As a young migrant, she moved abroad to find better work.
• The town welcomed each migrant who arrived to start a new life.

noun An animal, especially a bird, that moves between regions with the seasons.

• Swallows are well-known migrants, wintering in Africa.
• The whooper swan is a winter migrant that arrives here in autumn.
• Birdwatchers gathered at the coast to spot each migrant passing through.

adj Relating to seasonal or long-distance movement from place to place.

• The farm relies heavily on migrant labor during harvest.
• Migrant birds fill the marshes every spring.
• A migrant worker spent the summer picking fruit on several farms.