hen

Example Sentences

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His ancestor, he said, scolded the British: "You found a port as prosperous as a fine hen -- you took its eggs, plucked its feathers and now you spit its bones back at us."

From Barron's

I follow him to our darkened compartment, which is already occupied by three sleeping soldiers, a stout nun, and an irritable hen.

From Literature

The time he stitched up one of the hens and carried it around in his coat for a week after it had been attacked by a fox.

From Literature

“You have the fox guarding the hen house,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Saved two of my three chickens,” he goes on, pointing to the porch where two red-brown hens strut.

From Literature