Examples of chick in a Sentence
a mother hen and her chicks
those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them
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But the chick-snatching wasn't all terror and crib robbery, Parker stressed.
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
The sitter was responsible for watering the garden and houseplants, feeding and caring for three cats, a Labrador named Trip, and a flock of chickens, geese, and 11 baby chicks.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Bertie Gregory freeze-framed the moment fledgling emperor penguin chicks walk along the edge of an ice shelf.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Bertie Gregory spent two months with an emperor penguin colony on an ice shelf in Antarctica, watching most of the chicks descend to sea level for food using ice ramps.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
The spiky rosettes of hens and chicks are a great example.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
School officials plan to relocate the nest to another platform on school grounds and build deterrents on the stadium lights once the chicks leave, hoping the ospreys will return next year.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Once the chicks at Apple Valley fly off for good, Hanson said, school officials and the DNR will relocate the nest from the light tower to a new platform on school grounds in hopes that the parents will return next year.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
The sitter was responsible for watering the garden and houseplants, feeding and caring for three cats, a Labrador named Trip, and a flock of chickens, geese, and 11 baby chicks.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Bertie Gregory freeze-framed the moment fledgling emperor penguin chicks walk along the edge of an ice shelf.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Bertie Gregory spent two months with an emperor penguin colony on an ice shelf in Antarctica, watching most of the chicks descend to sea level for food using ice ramps.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
The spiky rosettes of hens and chicks are a great example.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
School officials plan to relocate the nest to another platform on school grounds and build deterrents on the stadium lights once the chicks leave, hoping the ospreys will return next year.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Once the chicks at Apple Valley fly off for good, Hanson said, school officials and the DNR will relocate the nest from the light tower to a new platform on school grounds in hopes that the parents will return next year.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Chick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chick. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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chick
noun1
a
: chicken entry 1 sense 1
especially
: one newly hatched
b
: the young of any bird
2
informal, sometimes offensive
: girl sense 1b, woman sense 1
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