hen

Example Sentences

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Louise had been in Liverpool on a hen weekend and when she arrived back in Belfast she got a call to tell her what had happened.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

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 • Feb. 1, 2026

More adventurous eaters will zone in on the abalone served with a squash rosette or the guinea hen with potato millefeuille.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

My steak was cooked perfectly and complemented by the numerous sides, which include hen of the woods mushrooms, Japanese sweet potato and hand-cut black truffle fries.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2025

One of them is a banty hen we call Hawk, and since she is at least partially a creature of the woods it might be proper to tell about her here.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen