How to Use offspring in a Sentence

offspring

noun

• The colt is the offspring of two racing champions.
• The show is about two couples and the adventures of their rebellious offspring.
• The zoo said that Zahara’s offspring is the seventh calf to be born there.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
• The fossils are believed to be from the mothers and offspring that died there over the years.
  — Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2022
• The first offspring survived; the second, born this spring, did not.
  — Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
• The three cubs are Zoya's first offspring, a news release said.
  — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022
• The more races a horse wins, the greater its value when breeding and the value of its offspring.
  — Ray Walia, Cpa, Cma, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• Ants need to defend their colony, seek food and take care of offspring.
  — Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2023
• Junior, the offspring of Amadeo and Blossom, was in his 20s.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 18 June 2024
• In the case of pigs, this means each mother and offspring must have at least 24 square feet of living space.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 12 Oct. 2022
• The offspring boasts blooms in springtime and then an encore in late summer and fall.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
• One of its offspring may be back this year, as big or bigger than the legend.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2022
• Maybe someday, these stars, or their offspring, will again glide across the ocean floor and bring balance back to the kelp forests.
  — Jennifer Adler, Vox, 7 July 2024
• The cub is the offspring of Jingga, a 14-year-old female, and Kami Sambal, a 16-year-old male.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2024
• The Manhattan restaurant is the offspring of Raoul’s, the legendary (pushing 50, now) French bistro across the street.
  — Caitie Kelly Monica Mendal Amy Fang Jameson Montgomery Alexander Lobrano Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 22 June 2023
• God forbid a woman isn’t balled and chained to her partner and offspring.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
• The miniscule creature is the offspring of parent baboons Kodee and Kusa.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
• If so, these cats were abandoned by your neighbors or are the offspring of those felines.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 12 May 2022
• Then, the mason bees will use it to build walls inside the nesting holes to protect their offspring.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2022
• The workers, all females, care for the bigger queen and her offspring, maintain the nest, and forage for food.
  — Fox News, 20 Sep. 2022
• At the age of 16, the offspring of mixed marriages had to choose one of their parents’ ethnicities.
  — Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
• Three of Charlotte's offspring remained in the barn with Wilbur for a bitter-sweet ending.
  — Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2023
• But on the flip side, some suggest the hybrid offspring might be more equipped to live in a world altered by climate change.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
• The offspring of such pairings would be less suited for survival.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2022
• The conversation comes around to Rhaenyra and her offspring.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
• But in this case, two loving brothers who lived into their 90s, a church filled with friends and offspring?
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more.
  — Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Here’s what to know so far about Elizabeth Holmes' offspring.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• Plus, today’s parents are having kids later in life than in the past, so when the parents reach old age, their offspring are in their prime.
  — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 8 Sep. 2024
• Without the payoff of eggs and future offspring to keep her at the nest, the bird should not, theoretically, make the investment to stick to the nest so closely.
  — Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024