give birth

phrase

: to have a baby

gave birth last Thursday

Examples of give birth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Researchers led by Wang Youjie at Huazhong University of Science and Technology analyzed urine samples from 4,891 women who gave birth at Wuhan Maternal and Child Health Hospital between 2012 and 2014. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

The gestational surrogate who carried the child of the 40-year-old singer and 42-year-old entrepreneur gave birth in Los Angeles this summer, but the news didn’t surface until Page Six broke the news this month. — Marzia Nicolini, Vanity Fair, 19 Sep. 2026

For instance, severe bleeding after giving birth, called postpartum hemorrhage, is one of the top causes of maternal mortality in the United States. — Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Postpartum depression happens in every one to seven individuals who have given birth. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for give birth

• afterbirth
• berth
• dearth
• earth
• firth
• girth
• mirth
• worth
• childbirth
• rebirth
• stillbirth
• tamworth