How to Use reproduce in a Sentence

reproduce

verb
  • Salmon return to the stream to reproduce offspring.
  • The virus is able to reproduce itself very rapidly.
  • They haven't been able to reproduce the results of the first experiment.
  • Sound effects can reproduce the sound of thunder.
  • The concert will be reproduced on compact disc.
  • Most would soon die, and few at this age would even be able to reproduce.
    — Heide Brandes, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Coaxing abalone to reproduce in the wild or in a lab is not easy.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2021
  • They are not known to be reproducing in the lake yet.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This means the bears are active year-round and able to mate and reproduce at any time.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Have someone from your past who shouldn’t reproduce?
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 12 Feb. 2026
  • As someone who lives in an area where steep hills seem to reproduce overnight, that's great news.
    — Paul Ridden june 23, New Atlas, 23 June 2026
  • The queen is the only female in her colony who can reproduce.
    — Karen Kwon, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Mice and rats reproduce quickly and may be looking for the next cozy nest.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
  • Mice and rats reproduce quickly and may be looking for the next cozy nest.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2025
  • This ensures the bats have something to feed on and the plants can reproduce.
    — Di Minardi, National Geographic, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Bees and ants reproduce quickly–a queen can lay up to thousands of eggs in a day.
    — Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The isopod will spend the rest of its days there, hoping to mate and reproduce.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 July 2021
  • Kaneko thought his models could reproduce the motion that caused such an arch.
    — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 23 Sep. 2020
  • So that animal has to live that long to reproduce.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
  • Pain-pleasure inverts that eat and reproduce would pass on their genes just as well as us.
    — Philip Goff, Scientific American, 3 July 2024
  • Most small groups of stragglers get snapped up and don’t survive to reproduce.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
  • That’s because the worms are able to reproduce without a mate.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Since adults emerge only to reproduce, these insects don't have time to mess around.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • Still cannot reproduce the issue.
    — PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The scientists then reproduced the gut yeast in a fridge.
    — CBS News, 3 June 2026
  • That front page is reproduced below.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Again, the speaker can't reproduce the deepest sub-bass lows.
    — PCMAG, 16 May 2024
  • These organoids are able to reproduce many organ functions.
    — David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The adults don’t reproduce until age 13 or so.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The drop in fat could affect when purple martins are able to reproduce.
    — Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023

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