How to Use hybridize in a Sentence

hybridize

verb
  • The notion of hybridizing the cars came up over lunch one day.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 10 June 2019
  • These are roses that haven’t been hybridized (cross-bred with other plants).
    — Erynn Hassinger, Country Living, 22 Feb. 2023
  • There are websites that assert the plants have been hybridized to need less water.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There are so many ways to hybridize your event other than just live streaming to at-home viewers.
    — Dave Oury, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Some artists are reviving the genre’s gospel roots, while others are hybridizing the genre with hip-hop.
    — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • And even plants, which hybridize promiscuously, are often ill-served by it.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2013
  • This suggested that long ago, ancestors of these two groups hybridized.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Carpenter will show examples of the changes and also speak on how to hybridize and grow from seed.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2019
  • They have been hybridized for years to produce a big, bold and bodacious display of color.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2020
  • Therefore, the hybridization helps us because at this time, our model range will be hybridized.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2023
  • By hybridizing their pickup trucks, automakers seem to be spreading their bets.
    — Bob Sorokanich, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Who knows what excellent-but-unsuccessful shows could be hybridized if this somehow works!
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
  • These grasses grow in coastal salt marshes and readily hybridize with related species.
    — Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024
  • Some 25 percent of plant species hybridize and some 10 percent of animals do the same.
    — Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024
  • The sunflower was taken to Russia, where it was grown and hybridized as an oil-producing plant.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 June 2018
  • Daylilies hybridize easily and letting the seeds fall and germinate may result in new plants that aren’t true to the original.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Exacerbating the problem is the bigleaf lupine will hybridize with the wild lupine and outcompete the pure native wild lupine.
    — Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Although both parents are from China, their seeds were brought to Europe and hybridized in France.
    — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
  • The Hungarian team had every reason to be confident that their fish could not hybridize.
    — Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Often several sunfish species inhabit the same water, and some species hybridize.
    — Popular Science, 1 June 2020
  • Polo shirts were draped and extended into dresses, and puffer jackets were hybridized with tailoring.
    — Vogue, 14 June 2023
  • However, the two chickadee species do sometimes mate and hybridize along the zone, meaning scent isn’t the only cue that leads to reproduction.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Efforts to hybridize the species are underway in the hope that a cultivar with consistently sweet fruit can be created.
    — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
  • For now, Porsche is holding back from hybridizing its sports cars, citing weight and size as a reason to hold off for the promise of solid state batteries.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 May 2018
  • In that case, could allowing two separate but wholly Cuban species to hybridize prove more palatable from a social perspective?
    — Shanna Baker, Smithsonian, 21 June 2018
  • Scientists predict that melting Arctic ice will lead more than 20 marine mammals to hybridize.
    — Ilnar Salakhiev, National Geographic, 24 Feb. 2017
  • Really, when hybridized with military and workwear, sportswear is just the vernacular of what everybody wears on the street.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 12 June 2017
  • In defeat, Pratt’s next move is likely to be a pivot as a right-wing media figure, hybridizing the roles of news pundit and unscripted figure.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 June 2026
  • Funky Pink was hybridized by Benary Seed, which to be honest has kind of become the begonia guru in the gardening world.
    — Norman Winter, sacbee, 6 July 2018
  • The rose is hybridized by Burling Leong and introduced by Burlington Rose Nursery.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025

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