calved

past tense of calve

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for calved
Verb
  • The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Anhedönia’s earliest exposure to contemporary culture came in the form of the true-crime serials her grandmother loved, which kindled her own interest in the macabre.
    Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Walker previously dated London on da Track, whom fathered her daughter and rapper LVRD Pharaoh, whom fathered her twin sons.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Owens, the 35-year-old daughter of longtime San Francisco radio host Ronn Owens, filed a paternity petition in Maricopa County Superior Court in August 2023, alleging Echard fathered twins during a one-night encounter.
    Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While the firm’s audacious announcement has generated immediate excitement and sparked a speculative increase in its stock price, the steep decline in after-hours trading suggests that investors are not wholly assured.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Although Jill worked closely with local authorities and the high school, all the parties struggled to find the perpetrator because the texts were coming from random numbers that were generated by an app.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Labradors are often more energetic and bred for hunting, retrieving, and service work, whereas goldens are prized for their patience, friendliness, and trainability.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That is to say, more chickens are bred and butchered each year than there are alive at this very moment in time.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Indian Adoption Program which begat the Indian Child Welfare Act.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Calved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calved. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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