hatch - use in sentences

Object

  • chick: You can watch the birds cozy up with their eggs or coddle their newly hatched chicks.
  • larva: The Sheep Nostril fly places already hatched larvae in the nostrils of sheep.
  • tadpole: The hatching black tadpoles look very different to the adults.
  • egg: Unfortunately, having actually hatched the eggs doesn't mean all your troubles are over.
  • duckling: Young females may die and many are forced to nest away from the pond increasing the danger to newly hatched ducklings.
  • nymph: The female lays her eggs in the ground and tends to them and the hatched nymphs until they are feeding for themselves.

Converse of object

  • serve: There is a serving hatch into the canteen with its glass window broken.

Adjective modifier

  • hot: Whether you own a prestige sports car or a hot hatch; we can find the right cover at the right price.
  • wooden: He pushed as hard as he could, and opened a small wooden hatch.
  • rear: Turn the ignition off, and close the doors and rear hatch.

Preposition: into

  • larva: These hatch into larvae which immediately begin to feed.
  • maggot: Flies can lay eggs within seconds and these eggs hatch into maggots within 7 - 10 days in the right conditions.

Modifying Another Word

  • newly: At the same time young newly hatched fish were also found on the shore.

Noun used with modifier

  • loft: Window to side, smoke detector, single socket, stairs to ground floor, loft hatch.
  • escape: There are huge steel doors, like safe doors, for equipment on two levels and smaller but similar doors as emergency escape hatches.
  • egg: Two eggs may develop in a good season, but more often than not only the larger egg hatches.

Used with why or when

  • which: We loved the privacy hatch which meant you could have breakfast delivered to your room without being disturbed.

Preposition: in

  • intestine: Infection of this roundworm occurs when cats ingest the eggs, which then hatch in the intestine, and develop into the adult worms.

Preposition: of

  • egg: The rate of hatching of these eggs depends on climatic conditions, reaching a peak in midsummer.

Preposition: from

  • egg: With the onset of the annual rains they hatch from eggs deposited in the mud by the parent fishes.

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