How to Use hornet in a Sentence

hornet

noun

• This isn't the first time the state has tracked a live giant hornet.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 13 Oct. 2020
• This is the hornet’s nest the Aztecs are flying across the country to poke a stick in.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
• Got there just in the nick of time':200 queens were in first 'murder hornet' nest.
  — Dustin Barnes, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
• The first Asian giant hornet was found in the state a year ago and the first was trapped in July.
  — Fox News, 11 Nov. 2020
• The insects are the world's largest hornet and can grow up to 2 inches long.
  — Dustin Barnes, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
• Wasps and hornets, which like to eat the giant bees, can head straight to the hive and attack.
  — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
• To deal with those threats, use a wasp and hornet spray with a 20-foot spray that instantly kills the wasps in and around a nest.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 2 Apr. 2020
• They were led to the nest by a hornet that had been trapped and fitted with a tracking device.
  — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2020
• With a few cranks of the handle, the whole rod vibrates, the tip shakes, and then the hornets are back with that sweet sound of ripping drag—zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
  — Michael R. Shea, Outdoor Life, 11 Feb. 2020
• The hornet that led trappers to the nest first flew around for about an hour before resting on a leaf.
  — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 23 Oct. 2020
• Likewise, the wasp/hornet seems to be ignoring the bees.
  — oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2020
• The sting of a yellow jacket, hornet, or wasp is sharp, searing, and hot.
  — Hannah Hoag, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2020
• The crispy fish is Ssäm Bar’s take on fish and chips and resembles a hornet’s nest that’s been battered and fried.
  — The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2021
• Scott Adams sat for his regular YouTube show last month with a plan to stir a hornet’s nest.
  — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
• Officials are asking the public to report any sightings of the hornet in the state to the GDA.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
• The city is like a hornets' nest—all those buildings have little rooms with people in them.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2020
• If a hornet manages to get in, masses of bees surround it.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 9 Dec. 2020
• But the glue did not dry fast enough, the radio tag fell off and the hornet ultimately could not fly, Spichiger said.
  — Fox News, 3 Oct. 2020
• For the first time since 2019, the northern giant hornet hasn't been found in Washington State.
  — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2022
• Well, the honey bees and all hornet-fearing people can rest easy.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2020
• Laura Kipnis likes to be a cage rattler, a fly in the ointment, a poker of hornet’s nests.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 14 Feb. 2022
• The threat of a hornet invasion was looking more and more real.
  — Megan Molteni, Wired, 24 Aug. 2020
• It’s hard to beat a Salmo hornet as a search bait and it can be fished at several different depths and speeds.
  — Brian Bashore, Outdoor Life, 19 May 2020
• The world’s largest hornet is much more of a threat to honeybees that are relied on to pollinate crops.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 17 June 2021
• The Asian giant hornet is a big, mean-looking insect with a potent sting.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2020
• If the hornets’ nests are near the doors, deal with those first with a can of wasp and hornet spray, applied at night or early in the morning from a distance.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
• If the hornets’ nests are near the doors, deal with those first with a can of wasp and hornet spray, applied at night or early in the morning from a distance.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
• By not de-escalating, AB smashed a hornet’s nest with a stick.
  — Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023
• The researchers found the hives with the most poo spots effectively warded off the Asian hornet (Vespa soror).
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2020
• For Trump’s supporters on the U.S. right, news of the indictment has already stirred a hornet’s nest of grievance and anger.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024