How to Use natal in a Sentence

natal

adjective

• His blond, fuzzy natal pelage has given way to the lush, chocolate brown coat of an adult.
  — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 24 Mar. 2018
• Though wild salmon are known for their homing instincts, not all return to their natal streams.
  — Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
• The newborn was taken to the Danbury neo-natal unit for care.
  — Bill Leukhardt, courant.com, 14 July 2017
• The fish are born in freshwater streams, head to sea for one or more years and return to their natal streams to spawn.
  — Washington Post, 29 May 2018
• My Vedic astrologer told me our natal charts are very similar.
  — New York Times, 28 June 2018
• Salmon typically feed in the ocean for about three years and then return to their natal streams to spawn.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
• The salmon are born in rivers, swim to the Atlantic and return to their natal river to spawn.
  — Washington Post, 18 June 2017
• Twenty-four common tern chicks were flying around their natal homes, with one more chick almost ready to fly.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2021
• Was a memo distributed at pre-natal yoga classes across the country?
  — Kaitlin Menza, Redbook, 6 Feb. 2017
• An anadromous fish, it is born in fresh water, spends its adulthood in salt water and returns to its natal rivers to spawn.
  — Andrew S. Lewis, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• Abbott also has touted support for more pre-natal and and post-partum care for mothers.
  — Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
• Bolivia long tried to convince women about the need to get pre-natal care at health clinics and give birth at hospitals.
  — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2017
• Maren Morris not the only famous mom fed up with post-natal diet culture.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2021
• He was rushed from the clinic where he was born to the neo-natal intensive care unit in a children’s hospital across town.
  — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
• All of the pups born were fostered by healthy-weight mothers after birth to remove differences in post-natal care.
  — New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025
• The sojourn puts him hundreds of miles away from the Oregon state line and his natal territory.
  — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2021
• Your natal Uranus is at 29 degrees, which symbolizes fame that outlasts your life.
  — Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 26 July 2024
• The oldest, largest female is the typically the leader, and females stay with their natal herd their whole lives.
  — National Geographic, 12 May 2018
• In reality, a steelhead is just a rainbow trout that decides to go to the ocean, and then returns to its natal river to spawn.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
• Back then, besides stardust, no solid materials at all drifted through this natal disk.
  — Javier Barbuzano, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
• The jets occur when a star first bursts through its natal envelope of cosmic dust, shooting out a pair of opposing jets into space.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 12 July 2023
• Not to quote Sade, but Venus in Aquarius (her natal placement) is no ordinary love.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
• Speaking of this as a season of birth, the premiere is almost natal in its treatment of the culinary canal through which Carmy has emerged.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
• Michael Webb and Tan met in her natal city of Nanning, which sits on the border with Vietnam.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2021
• This being a Shape interview, Kaling talked about her pre- and post-natal workout routines.
  — refinery29.com, 16 May 2018
• Jewel has her natal sun, moon and Mercury in the versatile, intelligent sign of the twins.
  — Holiday Mathis, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2021
• One is at a waterfall where fish concentrate before trying to leap past the barrier and hungry bears to reach natal streams to spawn.
  — Dan Joling, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2019
• From an astrological perspective, birthdays occur when the sun in the sky connects with the sun in your natal chart.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 Sep. 2018
• According to Brigman, a mother-to-be can start with a doula as early or as late in the pre- or post-natal journey as desired.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2019
• Of Mercer also has a number of maternity styles, designed for pre- and post-natal wear.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2022