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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For the past two years, biologists with the Pennsylvania Game Commission have banded chicks born in the nest.
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Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Cadbury mini eggs and chocolate chicks make a fun topping for the kids.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
Children can pet a chick and plant a radish seed.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
The only baby available for public viewing at the zoo is Gilbert and Dumpling’s chick, according to the post.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2026
Females can lay up to four eggs before raising their chicks alone.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
This year, with a bumper crop of the strange parrot’s favorite berries prompting a rare enthusiasm for mating, those working to save the birds hope for a record number of chicks in February, which would move the kakapo closer to defying what was not long ago believed to be certain extinction.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Cadbury mini eggs and chocolate chicks make a fun topping for the kids.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
Children can pet a chick and plant a radish seed.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
The only baby available for public viewing at the zoo is Gilbert and Dumpling’s chick, according to the post.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2026
Females can lay up to four eggs before raising their chicks alone.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
This year, with a bumper crop of the strange parrot’s favorite berries prompting a rare enthusiasm for mating, those working to save the birds hope for a record number of chicks in February, which would move the kakapo closer to defying what was not long ago believed to be certain extinction.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Chick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chick. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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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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