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How to use hatching in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun

Hatching means a method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines. Example: “We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.”

Examples of hatching by meaning

nounA group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.

  • We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.

More sentences with hatching

  • She was delighted when she heard the crackling sound of the eggs hatching.From the entry hatch
  • On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.From the entry bush
  • I'm hatching this mysterious egg I found in the forest.From the entry hatch
  • How much you wanna bet on whether they're hatching secret plans to take an axe to the entire Social Security system?From the entry take an axe to
  • Penghu's Wangan Township is Taiwan's first place which established protected hatching areas for green sea turtles.2016 August 3, Jou-Ting (王柔婷) Wang, 陳顯坤 [Chen Hsien-Kun], “澎湖沙灘綠蠵龜孵化 志工守候記錄 [Green sea turtles hatch in Penghu first time in 12 yrs.]”, in…. From the entry wangan
  • The eggs embryonate, but the larvae die before hatching ( b ).2015 August 19, Christian Heim et al., “Inhibition of Haemonchus contortus larval development by fungal lectins”, in Parasites & Vectors…. From the entry embryonate
  • Some birds start hopping around and looking for food within seconds of hatching.2014, Jim Davies, Riveted, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 111. From the entry altricious
  • If you see something going down—tongues wagging, people complaining, plots hatching—stay out of it.2010, Erin Bried, How to Build a Fire And Other Handy Things Your Grandfather Knew, page 92. From the entry save the drama for your mama
  • The three liturgically recognized stages in life are sometimes referred to as “hatching, matching and dispatching.2008, John F. Nash, Christianity: the One, the Many, volume 2, page 308. From the entry dispatching
  • The protonymph (or nymphochrysalis) molts in the cuticula of the larva without hatching.2004, Arne R. Panesar, “Evolution in Water Mites (Hydrachnellae, Actinedidia, Acari)”, in Bonner zoologische Monographien, number 52…. From the entry nymphochrysalis
  • Two days after hatching the majority were freeswimming and had become almost transparent in coloration.1968, Tropical Fish Hobbyist - Volume 16, Issues 7-12, page 81. From the entry freeswimming
  • All lay two eggs, hatching is asynchronus, and usually the elder sib kills its younger sib soon after hatch.1994, L. Scott Forbes, Douglas W. Mock, “Proximate and Ultimate Determinants of Avian Brood Reduction”, in Stefano Parmigiani, Frederick…. From the entry siblicide
  • But while each pair of the leipoas have their own family incubator which is devoted exclusively to hatching Mrs.1938, Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, Strange Birds and Their Stories, page 180. From the entry leipoa
  • Having more chicks together after hatching also makes it less likely her chicks will be the ones picked off by a predator.2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine. From the entry pick off
  • Soon, about 30 young turtlets are circling the illuminated hatching point; the light from our guide's lamp acts as a fence, keeping them grouped together.2018 June 8, Kathryn Wortley, “Watch your step, the turtles are hatching on Yakushima”, in Japan Times. From the entry turtlet
  • Only nauplii that are attracted to the light at the top of the hatching tank should be collected, since these are the healthy ones.2007, Aquaculture Management and Conservation Service, Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture…. From the entry nauplius
  • "It's hatching!" an o-bake said excitedly.1996 January 22, Randal Keith Milholland, “SG: Gomi #3-"The Death of Johnny Figment" Part III (2/2)”, in bit.listserv.superguy (Usenet). From the entry chickie

Meaning of hatching

  1. noun A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
  2. noun A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
  3. noun The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.

Full definition of hatching

Questions about hatching in a sentence

How do you use hatching in a sentence?
Hatching is used as a noun. For example: “We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.”
What is a short sentence with hatching?
“"It's hatching!" an o-bake said excitedly.”
What does hatching mean?
Hatching means a method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.

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