How do you use Broods in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Broods meaning
plural of brood
Using Broods
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of brood
- In the example corpus, broods often appears in combinations such as: of broods, broods of, two broods.
Context around Broods
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Broods
- In this selection, "broods" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, cicada, massive, won, last and emerging stand out and add context to how "broods" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 15 different broods that come and 43 of broods produced by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "broods" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with broods
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The female salamander often broods the eggs. (7 words)
The same ones that put accent marks in their broods’ names. (11 words)
Thomas Jefferson was president when the two broods last emerged together in 1803. (13 words)
A rare co-emergence of adjacent periodical cicada broods will occur across the entire state of Illinois and in parts of Missouri and other surrounding states, filling the air with the sounds of their noisy mating call. (37 words)
Cicadas emerge every year in Illinois, but the emergence of two, separate massive broods like parts of Illinois are experiencing this Spring hasn't been seen since Thomas Jefferson was President in 1803! (33 words)
He cited as evidence observations of broods of wild turkey poults, some of which are smaller than expected, and said the trend is expected to translate to grouse as well. (30 words)
Cicadas emerge every year in Illinois, but the emergence of two, separate massive broods like parts of Illinois are experiencing this Spring hasn't been seen since Thomas Jefferson was President in 1803! (33 words)
Example sentences (19)
He cited as evidence observations of broods of wild turkey poults, some of which are smaller than expected, and said the trend is expected to translate to grouse as well.
A rare co-emergence of adjacent periodical cicada broods will occur across the entire state of Illinois and in parts of Missouri and other surrounding states, filling the air with the sounds of their noisy mating call.
Cicadas emerge every year in Illinois, but the emergence of two, separate massive broods like parts of Illinois are experiencing this Spring hasn't been seen since Thomas Jefferson was President in 1803!
In the Southeast and the Mississippi Valley there are three broods of 13-year cicadas.
That makes for a big number of broods that will, at some point, emerge in tandem.
The overlap of these two broods has been dubbed by an expert as “cicada-geddon” — but it won’t be the biggest cicada event.
There are 15 different broods that come out every few years, on 17- and 13-year cycles.
These two cicada broods won’t be seen at the same time for another eight generations.
This year, three broods of cicadas emerged at the same time: one with a 13-year cycle, one with a 17-year cycle, and one with a seven-year cycle.
Thomas Jefferson was president when the two broods last emerged together in 1803.
Too few hen mallards are returning north in spring to raise broods, a development exacerbated in recent years by a continuing loss of wetlands and other habitats, complicated by drought.
To say the event of two broods emerging at once is rare would be an understatement.
On the beach, Imra and Nura talk while the guys play volleyball and Tinya broods.
The same ones that put accent marks in their broods’ names.
She broods and glowers and wrestles with bottomless vats of survivor’s guilt—all very Bat.
Locally, meadow voles may produce six or seven broods a year, which is handy for an animal at the bottom of the food chain.
A. spelaea has low reproduction rates and broods in its gill cavity for up to five months.
Nevertheless, 43% of broods produced by incestuously paired females contained extra pair young.
The female salamander often broods the eggs.
Common combinations with broods
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of broods 3×
- broods of 3×
- two broods 3×
- cicada broods 2×
- three broods 2×
- broods that 2×