How to Use warm-blooded in a Sentence

warm-blooded

adjective
  • When the living host dies, the flea seeks a new warm-blooded host.
    — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Our warm-blooded, bodies are too hot for the fungus to thrive.
    — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Rather, female adult flies lay eggs in fresh wounds of warm-blooded animals.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • The parasitic fly lays eggs in the open wounds of warm-blooded animals.
    — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025
  • As the snail makes its way to a fish, it then can be passed on to a warm-blooded vertebrate such as a bird or human.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
  • Female screwworm flies lay eggs in open wounds of warm-blooded animals.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 11 June 2026
  • The flies are attracted to open wounds on warm-blooded animals.
    — Ciara McCarthy. Produced With Ai Assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • Mammals are defined as warm-blooded vertebrates with hair who produce milk to feed their young.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In time, the law evolved to include all warm-blooded animals, with the exception of mice, rats and birds.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The fly's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • The fly's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Screwworms are flies that lay their eggs in the wounds of warm-blooded animals and feed on living flesh rather than dead tissues.
    — ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • This flying reptile was likely covered in a layer of fur and was also warm-blooded.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • The fly's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The fly's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • The fly's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • The fly's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • The fly's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • The fly's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • The fly's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Tick bites are bites from small parasites that feed on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals.
    — Laura Schober, Health, 9 July 2025
  • The pest is the New World screwworm fly, and female cows lay eggs in wounds on warm-blooded animals.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 July 2025
  • The pest is the New World screwworm fly, and female flies lay eggs in wounds on warm-blooded animals.
    — Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
  • The screwworm's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals after eggs are laid in an open wound.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • Paleontologists have gone back and forth over the years on whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or cold-blooded.
    — Riley Black, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
  • The New World screwworm is a parasitic fly that lays eggs in the open wounds of warm-blooded animals.
    — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Flies deposit eggs on wounds or exposed tissue of warm-blooded animals, like livestock cattle.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The parasite exploits any open wound or orifice on a wide range of warm-blooded animals to feed its ravenous spawn.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Everyone is advised to avoid wildlife, as any warm-blooded animal can carry rabies.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • This new addition means that there are likely more warm-blooded sharks than scientists thought and that warm bloodedness evolved quite a long time ago.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023

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