Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

offspring

[awf-spring, of-] / ˈɔfˌsprɪŋ, ˈɒf- /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Health, house, offspring, politics, the meaning of life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Who wants to contemplate our technological offspring ending our existence?

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Nearly her entire family, eight sisters and their offspring, were deported to Afghanistan this year from Pakistan or Iran.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Billed as a sequel series premiering Sept. 24, a Wayne offspring is our anchor for the freshman class at Hillman College, the show’s fictional historically Black college based in Virginia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

It’s also a waste of effort to grow them from seed, since the offspring even of an outstanding individual tree of those species are highly variable and mostly yield worthless fruit.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

It sticks out like a sore thumb among the Camden Yards offsprings that followed.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

Internal fertilization leads to more genetic variations and increases the survival rates of offsprings.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In effect, Aristotle was supposing that the younger offsprings were from a litter which was the result of the second pregnancy.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2011

Toys R Us' "Fabulous 15" top picks includes Monster High dolls, offsprings to famous monster characters, and Hasbro's Cuponk, a game that challenges players to master ball-and-cup tricks using a wall.

From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2010

Trees such as earth nourished then upheld the mossy roof beneath which feasted that heroic brood, the great-hearted children of Rury, huge offsprings of the gods and giants of the dawn of time.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various




Vocabulary lists containing offspring


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training