whelped

past tense of whelp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for whelped
Verb
  • Bowie recently sired a calf there, making Fort Worth Zoo elephant matriarch Rasha a great-grandmother.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hearing his wife recall painful memories due to the family feud kindled a recent memory for Todd, too — an angry one.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, has fathered 14 children in total.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The exes share four kids — daughters Katherine and Christina and sons Patrick and Christopher — while Schwarzenegger also fathered son Joseph Baena with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Originally bred in Germany to hunt badgers, these small canines are energetic, bold and stubborn.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Owners of The Grand, 1125 Grand Blvd, claim the parking lot’s owners have failed to provide adequate surveillance and security, and that their failure to do so has bred a hot spot for criminal activity.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Read the full Virgo Daily Horoscope This horoscope was generated automatically using information from Sanctuary.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • According to the letters, industrial sludge material generated from the mill's operations had been spread on multiple farm fields in Stella at least since 1996.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Whelped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whelped. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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