How to Use hornet in a Sentence

hornet

noun

• This is – in short – a hornet’s nest.
  — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
• This isn't the first time the state has tracked a live giant hornet.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 13 Oct. 2020
• In a week, something else will come up that [will stir up] the hornets' nest.
  — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
• Day 1 was the scene with the hornets and having to spray them all to death.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
• What does the height of a hornet or wasp nest say about winter weather?
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
• Researchers believe the hornets have a nest that dates back at least a year.
  — Randi Richardson, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
• Bees, wasps and hornets caused the most harm among wild animals.
  — Lauren Castle, azcentral, 21 Mar. 2018
• The best way to deal with hornets is to avoid attracting them in the first place.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026
• Maybe kicking over the hornet's nest in Iraq wasn't such a good idea.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 Aug. 2017
• The hornet’s rear end is yellow with dark brown teardrop markings.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026
• Some frog species also have an appetite for hornets.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025
• The score begins to hum like angry hornets.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025
• Bald-faced hornet nests that are high up in trees or in an out-of-the-way place pose no danger.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
• Both insects will sting to protect their nest, but a hornet’s sting is much more painful.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026
• Wasps and hornets, which like to eat the giant bees, can head straight to the hive and attack.
  — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
• The insects are the world's largest hornet and can grow up to 2 inches long.
  — Dustin Barnes, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
• Bald-faced hornets are black and creamy white, with bold markings on the face, thorax, and rear end.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026
• And, the bear will be as pissed off as agitated hornet’s nest.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 17 Sep. 2019
• In tests, Sugiara paired frogs with hornets to match their size.
  — New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
• Well, the honey bees and all hornet-fearing people can rest easy.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2020
• They were led to the nest by a hornet that had been trapped and fitted with a tracking device.
  — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2020
• They are actually shaped like the nests of bald-faced hornets.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
• The sting of a yellow jacket, hornet, or wasp is sharp, searing, and hot.
  — Hannah Hoag, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2020
• The city is like a hornets' nest—all those buildings have little rooms with people in them.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2020
• This is the hornet’s nest the Aztecs are flying across the country to poke a stick in.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
• The hornet that led trappers to the nest first flew around for about an hour before resting on a leaf.
  — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 23 Oct. 2020
• Going to bed with wet hair could give you a hornet’s nest worth of tangles or a stubborn head cold.
  — Hasina Jeelani, Vogue, 26 July 2024
• Hang a paper nest to trick hornets into thinking a colony has already claimed the space.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026
• The threat of a hornet invasion was looking more and more real.
  — Megan Molteni, Wired, 24 Aug. 2020
• All of this is doubly true of hornets, which are bigger and more aggressive than most wasps.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026