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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The rings must be loose enough for the chick to grow without the metal cutting into their leg — but not so loose that they can easily be removed or tampered with.
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Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
With no rooster to sing in a new day, Marialice begins a journey in endless night to find the sleeping sun, accompanied by tiny chick Little.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Visit between mid-December to mid-January to see penguin chicks.
—Ashton Palmer, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
This chick has helicopters landing her on set.
—Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
That's the chick who pretended on the 'Today' show, chopping cucumbers.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
But my opinion began to change in 2002, when a flamingo that was banded as a chick at Rio Lagartos was photographed in Florida Bay.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
In 2020, the Dolan Fire in central California killed 12 endangered condors, including two chicks, that were roosting near Big Sur.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
With no rooster to sing in a new day, Marialice begins a journey in endless night to find the sleeping sun, accompanied by tiny chick Little.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Visit between mid-December to mid-January to see penguin chicks.
—Ashton Palmer, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
This chick has helicopters landing her on set.
—Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
That's the chick who pretended on the 'Today' show, chopping cucumbers.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
But my opinion began to change in 2002, when a flamingo that was banded as a chick at Rio Lagartos was photographed in Florida Bay.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
In 2020, the Dolan Fire in central California killed 12 endangered condors, including two chicks, that were roosting near Big Sur.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Chick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chick. Accessed 29 Nov. 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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