How to Use eaglet in a Sentence

eaglet

noun
  • There could be eaglets in the nest the first week of April.
    Julie A. Short/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Two adorable eaglets just hatched, and the last egg is about to pop.
    Benji Jones, National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The eggs hatch about a month later, and the eaglets fledge in mid-June.
    Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The other eaglet, DC6, hatched a few days ago in the same nest.
    Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 3 May 2018
  • Hess said the eaglet should be ready to fly in a couple of weeks.
    Pat Eaton-Robb, courant.com, 27 June 2017
  • On Tuesday, the eaglet hatched in the nest along the Dulles Greenway.
    Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In 2016, one of their eaglets died and the other egg did not hatch.
    Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • As the eaglets get older, the parents will leave the food in the nest for them, Lewis said.
    Helena Wegner, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • As of the week of March 9, the eaglets had not started branching.
    Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2020
  • These are the sixth and seventh eaglets that have hatched there.
    Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 3 May 2018
  • Then the eaglet can take its first breath and can be heard peeping, the group said.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
  • An eaglet, not yet able to fly, was stranded in the nest 55 feet above.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 July 2021
  • In the running for the name contest for the oldest two eaglets are Pi and Patrick.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The report says foresters rescued one 5- to 6-week-old eaglet from the nest.
    Matt Williams, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The first of the two eggs began hatching this week and the first eaglet emerged Friday.
    Gabe Bullard, National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2016
  • If all goes well, the three eaglets in West Virginia will hatch in mid-March and set out on their own in the fall.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The cam was moved away from the nest Wednesday as the eaglet was being eaten.
    Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The first eaglet emerged from its egg March 3, followed by the second chick March 4.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, an eaglet, not yet able to fly, was stranded in the nest 55 feet above.
    Katy Read, Star Tribune, 3 July 2021
  • A couple days later, the second eaglet hatched, and Scout did the same thing.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Some feared, now that it had been touched by humans, that the eaglet would be abandoned.
    Washington Post, 2 May 2022
  • The eaglet went on a scale — about seven pounds (3.2 kilograms).
    Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Now, in just 2½ months, their eaglets have sprouted up.
    Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
  • The eaglet fell between 10 and 15 feet and landed in a steep gully, Sharpe said.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 1 May 2022
  • The eagle pair saw the three eaglets hatch over a week earlier this month.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
  • For now, viewers can continue to follow the eaglets’ early days in the nest.
    Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Jackie and Shadow's eggs hatched earlier this month, leaving their nest with two new eaglets to raise.
    Austin Turner, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • While one of their eaglets died, the two surviving babies continue to eat and grow on the livestream.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
  • After hatching, eaglets grow quickly and can reach approximately three feet in size in just over two months.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Those two eggs are the ones that made it, and the result is two healthy eaglets.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026

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