reared
Example Sentences
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Insect larvae reared at higher temperatures will develop faster and reach pupation at a smaller size.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Swift boxes were placed on the tower of the David Attenborough Building in the city in 2020 and the first pair nested and reared two chicks in 2021.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
For now, February’s retail figures stand as a snapshot of an economy that was briefly gathering strength, before war reared its head.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
But then love and marriage reared its head and Burden’s story took a dark turn, which she chronicles with a keen forensic eye in her buzzy new memoir, “Strangers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
They were all there, all of them: the twins, poised and alert in the windowsill; Francis, with his back to me; Henry beside him; and Bunny across the table, reared back in his chair.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
