How to Use chick in a Sentence

chick

noun
  • How long will the chicks stay in the nest?
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2026
  • The chicks quickly learned to do this.
    — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The drug dealer chicks used to wear them.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
  • The chick hatched just over an hour later.
    — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The chicks won’t meet each other for a while.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Children can pet a chick and plant a radish seed.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
    — Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Never doubt chicks with sticks.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
  • To go to parties and meet chicks is kind of the deal, right?
    — Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Thousands of chicks have frozen or drowned, the wildlife fund said.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Even though they were born about a week apart, the chicks won’t meet anytime soon.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
  • This amounts to hundreds of millions of chicks a year.
    — Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • The spiky rosettes of hens and chicks are a great example.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The city has been asking the public to help name the chicks.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • This process gives the chick strength to start the external pip.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Hanson said he’s seen as many as four chicks in the drone photos.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Hanson said he’s seen as many as four chicks in the drone photos.
    — Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The chicks will fledge in two to four weeks, depending on the species.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • The elder of the pair, its death came a day after the younger chick died.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • Except once upon a time, the world of chick lit was real.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 May 2026
  • The chicks were part of the second clutch Jackie laid this year.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 1 May 2026
  • The final step in the process is the last push that causes the chick to break from the shell.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • By Saturday, the first chick had popped its head out of the shell.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Females can lay up to four eggs before raising their chicks alone.
    — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Females can lay up to four eggs before raising their chicks alone.
    — Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • What happens after chicks fledge?
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2026
  • Moving nests is risky and could cause the parents to abandon the eggs or chicks.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • Moving nests is risky and could cause the parents to abandon the eggs or chicks.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • And that sets up potential food problems for young chicks.
    — Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The eagles welcomed three chicks that hatched within the last month.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026

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