How to Use offspring in a Sentence

offspring

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  • The colt is the offspring of two racing champions.
  • The show is about two couples and the adventures of their rebellious offspring.
  • The zoo said that Zahara’s offspring is the seventh calf to be born there.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The fossils are believed to be from the mothers and offspring that died there over the years.
    — Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The first offspring survived; the second, born this spring, did not.
    — Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
  • The three cubs are Zoya's first offspring, a news release said.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022
  • The more races a horse wins, the greater its value when breeding and the value of its offspring.
    — Ray Walia, Cpa, Cma, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Ants need to defend their colony, seek food and take care of offspring.
    — Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Junior, the offspring of Amadeo and Blossom, was in his 20s.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 18 June 2024
  • In the case of pigs, this means each mother and offspring must have at least 24 square feet of living space.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The offspring boasts blooms in springtime and then an encore in late summer and fall.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
  • One of its offspring may be back this year, as big or bigger than the legend.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The deer have reproduced and some offspring are piebalds.
    — Brian Whipkey, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Maybe someday, these stars, or their offspring, will again glide across the ocean floor and bring balance back to the kelp forests.
    — Jennifer Adler, Vox, 7 July 2024
  • The cub is the offspring of Jingga, a 14-year-old female, and Kami Sambal, a 16-year-old male.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2024
  • The Manhattan restaurant is the offspring of Raoul’s, the legendary (pushing 50, now) French bistro across the street.
    — Caitie Kelly Monica Mendal Amy Fang Jameson Montgomery Alexander Lobrano Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 22 June 2023
  • God forbid a woman isn’t balled and chained to her partner and offspring.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The miniscule creature is the offspring of parent baboons Kodee and Kusa.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • If so, these cats were abandoned by your neighbors or are the offspring of those felines.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 12 May 2022
  • Then, the mason bees will use it to build walls inside the nesting holes to protect their offspring.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The workers, all females, care for the bigger queen and her offspring, maintain the nest, and forage for food.
    — Fox News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • At the age of 16, the offspring of mixed marriages had to choose one of their parents’ ethnicities.
    — Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Also, find a mask that your child likes, and teach your offspring to wear it properly.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Three of Charlotte's offspring remained in the barn with Wilbur for a bitter-sweet ending.
    — Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2023
  • The normal variant is then copied and all the offspring inherit it.
    — Emily Mullin, Wired, 2 Feb. 2022
  • But on the flip side, some suggest the hybrid offspring might be more equipped to live in a world altered by climate change.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The offspring of such pairings would be less suited for survival.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The conversation comes around to Rhaenyra and her offspring.
    — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
  • These cells, the offspring of B cells, primarily reside in the bone marrow.
    — Byjon Cohen, science.org, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Many of us learned in a high school or college biology class that a species is a group of organisms that can reproduce together and produce fertile offspring.
    — Rebecca Heisman, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024

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