lay eggs
Example Sentences
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“Jets don’t catch worms, build nests, find mates, lay eggs, or care for their young, but they do a great job of flying from one place to another.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
In a new study, scientists at Northwestern University investigated how these small, wingless insects, which move across snowy surfaces to find mates and lay eggs, stay alive in freezing conditions.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
This reduces her ability to lay eggs and also lowers her production of methyl oleate, a pheromone that normally signals to workers that she is healthy.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
The answer was that they didn't lay eggs, because of the sound the plants were producing.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
He says it about the tender vegetable starts in the garden, about waiting for the chicks to become old enough to lay eggs.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
