Examples of mate for life in a Sentence
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This system is one reason why hornbills mate for life.
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Devin Farmiloe, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2024
From the birds perched in the trees to the foxes curled in their den, plenty of these grassland creatures are monogamous and mate for life, emulating characteristics of what humans might call love.
—Devin Farmiloe, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2024
Nearly all cranes, including Walnut’s white-naped variety, mate for life.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2024
Jackdaws mate for life, and partners share nest-building and young-rearing responsibilities.
—Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
Osprey pairs tend to mate for life and usually return to the same nest area each year.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023
Pigeon pairs tend to mate for life, stick together year-round and share parenting duties such as incubating eggs and raising their young.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
Climate change has also recently been linked to a rising divorce rate in albatross couples, which mate for life, and to the shrinking of dozens of species of Amazonian birds, which are evolving to have smaller bodies and longer wing spans.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2021
Pigeons are said to mate for life, though this describes their behavior and not the genes of their young.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2012
Devin Farmiloe, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2024
From the birds perched in the trees to the foxes curled in their den, plenty of these grassland creatures are monogamous and mate for life, emulating characteristics of what humans might call love.
—Devin Farmiloe, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2024
Nearly all cranes, including Walnut’s white-naped variety, mate for life.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2024
Jackdaws mate for life, and partners share nest-building and young-rearing responsibilities.
—Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
Osprey pairs tend to mate for life and usually return to the same nest area each year.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023
Pigeon pairs tend to mate for life, stick together year-round and share parenting duties such as incubating eggs and raising their young.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
Climate change has also recently been linked to a rising divorce rate in albatross couples, which mate for life, and to the shrinking of dozens of species of Amazonian birds, which are evolving to have smaller bodies and longer wing spans.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2021
Pigeons are said to mate for life, though this describes their behavior and not the genes of their young.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2012
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