How to Use progeny in a Sentence

progeny

noun
  • The small plants are the progeny of an oak tree.
  • Their work is the progeny of many earlier studies.
  • Many Americans are the progeny of immigrants.
  • To be the progeny of the cool mom is both a blessing and a curse.
    — Rachel Syme, New Republic, 19 Oct. 2017
  • But the dude is looking top form and can pull off his own screen progeny.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018
  • In a sport that is all about parents and their progeny, that’s a big deal.
    — Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • If the lunch counter is the heir to the table, then the chair is the progeny of the stool.
    — Bernice L. McFadden, Longreads, 7 Aug. 2021
  • That part of you will still fold laundry and bake meatloaf long past the age that any progeny will need or want it.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Their progeny will be entirely male, as the females will once again die off.
    — Mike Wehner, BGR, 15 Apr. 2021
  • At its feet lie its progeny, smaller chunks that have broken off over millions of years.
    — Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • His challengers this time were not Wall Street bankers but his own progeny.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Indigo and onion progeny are tiny, about the size of a pinhead.
    — Latria Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2022
  • And yet, that’s exactly the fate the plant doesn’t want to befall its progeny.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Most bulls have fewer, though their progeny still number in the thousands.
    — Maureen O’Hagan, Quartz, 24 June 2019
  • Like most of our other players, the pursuit of the throne doesn’t end well for her or many of her progeny.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 17 June 2024
  • So what are the best ways for aspiring or current parents to sock away cash for their pricey progenies?
    — Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Celtic forefathers are thrilled with the success of their progeny.
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022
  • By my lights, Roe and its progeny have been very bad for America.
    — O. Carter Snead, CNN, 24 June 2022
  • Polo brings him up to the control booth, swaddling his progeny’s dome in a pair of headphones.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2021
  • There is more at work here than decades of Zinn and his leftist progeny, however.
    — Stanley Kurtz, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The progeny of two baseball Hall of Famers had notable games on the same night.
    — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2019
  • To match the progeny of the pros, ambitious kids like Ken had to work extra hard.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And that, in turn, means the organism (and its progeny) are now resistant to the drive.
    — The Economist, 22 July 2017
  • That’s just a smattering of the big league progeny floating around the majors.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 14 June 2019
  • The eggs and chicks are the progeny of neither of the parents that actually raise them.
    — Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
  • In the first place, being a parent involves the desire to pass your values to your progeny.
    — John Rosemond, charlotteobserver, 26 Apr. 2017
  • That that fondness would define the very identity of her progeny?
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 19 June 2026
  • Tems, Tyla, and Amaarae are also, in many ways, of her progeny, too.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There’s no question Coach Prime’s progeny has the talent though.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
  • The event celebrates progeny of stallions standings in the state.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2020

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