How to Use hive in a Sentence

hive

noun
  • The house was a hive of activity as we prepared for the party.
  • What’s good for the hive is good for the bee.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Both types present as hives that occur most days of the week for more than six weeks.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2025
  • From that day onwards, my hives just kept coming back.
    — Emmeka, Refinery29, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The study discussed how stress can play a role in chronic hives.
    — Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 29 June 2023
  • Dealing with chronic hives isn’t easy.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In this way, a healthy-seeming hive can collapse over the course of just a few weeks.
    — Time, 3 July 2023
  • The day has come for the Queen and her hive to come together.
    — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Never try inspecting your hives when stressed or in a rush.
    — Lillian Rizzo,alex Sherman, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Bees are matriarchal, with a queen bee in charge of the hive.
    — Elizabeth Bass Parman, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The mere mention of tanking should make Heat fans break out in hives.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Chronic hives can manifest in one of two ways.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Nothing could keep her hives and angioedema at bay for more than a few days.
    — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Be right back, just nipping to the hospital to ask about these hives.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Walt Moody, the farm’s apiarist, said a hive was lost this winter.
    — courant.com, 4 Mar. 2022
  • These range from dizziness and diarrhea to headaches and hives.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
  • One of them, though, is a hive of activity.
    — Jack Ryan, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
  • If an elephant tries to push through the fence and disturb the hive, the bees attack.
    — Anthony Ham, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Wasps and hornets, which like to eat the giant bees, can head straight to the hive and attack.
    — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The future of cannabis belongs to those who possess the vision to build the best hive.
    — Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Tap into the hive for knowledge of good running routes and trail etiquette.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 June 2022
  • The Ritters let their customers know that not every hive thrives.
    — Kimberly Winter Stern, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • And then in the hive, in the hot pink mists of our collective mind, a figure appeared.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Within minutes, hives developed on his arms where the peanuts had touched him.
    — Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Hay mattresses warm your back and the bees buzz in their own hives attached to the end of the cabin.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Two students from that first class proposed bringing hives to campus.
    — Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
  • These would be my nap companions, a busy hive of bees whose entrance was out the side of the cottage.
    — Christine Sarkis, USA Today, 13 June 2026
  • The bites don't usually hurt, but can look like hives, or in some cases, cause severe swelling.
    — Women's Health, 1 May 2023
  • Crates were loaded onto the truck, which Jameson kept there so rogue bees could find their hives.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Every minute counts when relieving itching due to hives!
    — Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025

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