How to Use hatch in a Sentence
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Her offspring hatch the next year.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
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Her offspring hatch the next year.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
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Where winters are cold, the eggs hatch in spring.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
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Epic salmonfly hatch draws anglers.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
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The key fob won’t open/close the hatch or trigger the alarm.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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The key fob won’t open/close the hatch or trigger the alarm.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
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But how does the beetle get the frog to, uh, open up the hatch?
—Matt Simon, Wired, 3 Aug. 2020
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The spacemen gave him a stack, shut their hatch, and flew off in haste.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Watch the Chick 2 hatch Can't see the video?
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
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Chicken club with hatch chile ranch on a jalapeno cheddar bun.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Dec. 2025
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The hot hatch is equipped with a unique hood, front splitter, and swan-neck rear wing.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
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In the spring, the eggs hatch into females.
—Jon Vanzile, The Spruce, 30 Jan. 2026
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When the hatch is opened, three red triggers are revealed.
—James Glanz, New York Times, 1 May 2026
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The crew, lit up by the glow of our red brake lights, began to emerge from the hatch.
—Tim Judah, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
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Time to batten down the hatches.
—NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
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Instead of two hatches per side, there's just one large hatch on each side.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
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There’s a hopper on the top of the machine with a hatch that opens to put twigs in.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2023
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The eggs hatch within about 12 to 24 hours.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
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Inside it was speckled with white cheddar and bits of hatch chili.
—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023
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Those eggs hatch maggots that burrow and eat live tissue.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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Leeds battened down the hatches.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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The hatch handles well and has a smooth ride quality.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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Above the garage is a storage space with a hatch to hoist engines into his shop.
—oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2021
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Then, eggs hatch maggots that burrow and eat live tissue.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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Seal attic hatches and whole-house fans to keep heat inside.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2026
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To avoid disaster, the two hatch a foolproof plan.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
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The dads’ Atomic Taco was a hit, best known for its hatch green chili.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
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The duo hatch a revenge plot, and shenanigans ensue.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Repeat visits will be required once new eggs hatch.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2026
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When the eggs hatch, the immature stages start feeding.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
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The chick hatched just over an hour later.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
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One by one, each of the eggs begin to hatch.
—Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 5 Aug. 2025
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There's a second egg in the nest that could hatch soon.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Yes, schemes are hatched, alliances are formed, and blood feuds are forged.
—Siren Goes Off, Vulture, 16 June 2023
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Or a place where something that fish like to eat is hatching.
—Mike Kurlansky, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
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Later in the song, a nest of dinosaur eggs is ready to hatch.
—Parents, 5 June 2026
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What happens now that the bald eagle eggs hatched?
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
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The scene is from the first week after the loonlet had hatched.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
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Goslings hatch in early to mid-summer.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
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When the sterile males mate with wild females, the eggs do not hatch.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
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When a wild female mates with a sterile male, her eggs won’t hatch.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 4 June 2026
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When a wild female mates with a sterile male, her eggs won’t hatch.
—Kimberly Miller, USA Today, 3 June 2026
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Some were adopted, while others were hatched on the farm last year.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 Mar. 2026
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Once a week, Markham would check in to see if the casings had hatched yet.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
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Grab a fork and get ready to cross-hatch your your way to peanut butter heaven.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
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Last year, Ocho was the only one of the three eggs in the nest to hatch.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
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All sauropods were born small—even the largest species hatched from eggs about the size of a soccer ball.
—Riley Black, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
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Kids will be amazed as this chick chirps, taps, hatches out of its egg and hops around while singing.
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
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Or can incubate one to the point of hatching?
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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All hatched Pokémon tied to the event have a chance at being shiny.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
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The larvae feed off of the worm then hatch and continue the process.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
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Within a few days, thousands of tiny larvae had hatched out.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026
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The pair fall madly in love before hatching a plan to break out of the joint.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
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Lanternfly eggs will hatch in the next couple months as spring arrives.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2024
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By Sunday, both were hatched and appeared healthy.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
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Several were adopted, and the rest were hatched on the farm last year.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 Mar. 2026
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New York isn’t the only city to hatch a plan in hopes of killing two birds with one stone.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023
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The eagles welcomed three chicks that hatched within the last month.
—Finch Walker, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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The Great Park idea was hatched two-plus decades ago amid grandiose promises.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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The birds will grow up fast and fledge the nest about 40 days after hatching.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
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