Examples of mother hen in a Sentence
a football coach who fusses over his players like a mother hen
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Perhaps no one is fonder of the Eola swans than City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, who has become something of a mother hen to the famous fowl.
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Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
In one of the better videos on the internet this week, a hungry hawk gets in a fight with a defensive mother hen.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 28 Feb. 2024
Darwin vividly recalls the day 21 years ago when one of the chicken eggs that was supposed to hatch looked rotten, and had been abandoned by its mother hen.
—Cathy Free, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
During the photo shoot, Giannis flitted around like a proud mother hen, beaming at Alex.
—Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Sarah is the mother hen of King’s employees, taking special care of men like Rooster.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
And there’s Beth and her sister’s mom, Georgia, played by Jeannie Berlin as a crusty mother hen whose mental decline only seems to have sharpened her acid-tongued insight.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Jan. 2023
Lola is designated, along with Mario, as a major within the Salvation Army officer hierarchy, but mother hen is more apt for this jolly woman.
—Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2022
The Pynk’s nonbinary mother hen and now minority owner, Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan), knows there’s no convincing their charmingly irascible roommate and grandmother (Loretta Devine) to take covid seriously.
—Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 25 July 2022
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Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
In one of the better videos on the internet this week, a hungry hawk gets in a fight with a defensive mother hen.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 28 Feb. 2024
Darwin vividly recalls the day 21 years ago when one of the chicken eggs that was supposed to hatch looked rotten, and had been abandoned by its mother hen.
—Cathy Free, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
During the photo shoot, Giannis flitted around like a proud mother hen, beaming at Alex.
—Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Sarah is the mother hen of King’s employees, taking special care of men like Rooster.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
And there’s Beth and her sister’s mom, Georgia, played by Jeannie Berlin as a crusty mother hen whose mental decline only seems to have sharpened her acid-tongued insight.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Jan. 2023
Lola is designated, along with Mario, as a major within the Salvation Army officer hierarchy, but mother hen is more apt for this jolly woman.
—Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2022
The Pynk’s nonbinary mother hen and now minority owner, Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan), knows there’s no convincing their charmingly irascible roommate and grandmother (Loretta Devine) to take covid seriously.
—Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 25 July 2022
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“Mother hen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mother%20hen. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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