How to Use hornet in a Sentence

hornet

noun

• Trailing 2-1, the Hornets scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth.
  — baltimoresun.com, 21 May 2017
• 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
• Maybe kicking over the hornet's nest in Iraq wasn't such a good idea.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 Aug. 2017
• All that said, don’t expect the Hornets to get back to 48 wins this season—that’s a pipe dream.
  — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 15 Aug. 2017
• 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
• Get used to Aedes and Asian hornets; be vigilant for rats and bed bugs.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune Europe, 22 June 2024
• 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
• Bees, wasps and hornets caused the most harm among wild animals.
  — Lauren Castle, azcentral, 21 Mar. 2018
• The sting of a yellow jacket, hornet, or wasp is sharp, searing, and hot.
  — Hannah Hoag, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2020
• Butler scored 52 points in the game against the Hornets and finished the week with a 42-point performance against the Raptors.
  — Jeff Arnold, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2017
• In the 57th minute, Sobol doubled the Hornets' lead with a header off a corner kick into the left corner of the net.
  — Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
• 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
• But Trump had tossed a grenade into the hornets nest that is Capitol Hill, and somebody had to dive on it.
  — Tina Nguyen, The Hive, 25 Sep. 2017
• 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
• These Hornets enjoy being on the field for games and practices.
  — Tom Yantz, courant.com, 28 Apr. 2017
• And, the bear will be as pissed off as agitated hornet’s nest.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 17 Sep. 2019
• 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
• When Aaron’s character is cuffed on the ground at the start of the movie, a hornet or wasp or some kind of flying insect lands directly in front of his face.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2024
• Where does Charlotte’s ‘hornet’s nest’ nickname come from?
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024