Explore Hedgehogs through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hedgehogs meaning
plural of hedgehog
Using Hedgehogs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of hedgehog
- In the example corpus, hedgehogs often appears in combinations such as: hedgehogs are, for hedgehogs, hedgehogs and.
Context around Hedgehogs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hedgehogs
- In this selection, "hedgehogs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, help, citation, sick, eat, feed and rabbits stand out and add context to how "hedgehogs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alongside these hedgehogs and james and and leafy hedgehogs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hedgehogs" sits close to words such as aas, abaco and abramovich, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hedgehogs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hedgehogs, Rabbits and Sparrowhawks were all seen there. (8 words)
Like many rescue owners, she works tirelessly to care for the sick hedgehogs. (13 words)
Echoing this sentiment, a National Trust spokesperson advised: "Don't lock out hedgehogs and frogs. (15 words)
It is a bit of a miracle that hedgehogs can survive in urban areas because as well as the dangers of traffic they also have to negotiate a lot of obstacles in their path such as fences and walls as they move around the concrete jungle searching for food. (49 words)
A nature window created by one of the children (Image: Nature Makers Cumbria South) More autumn sessions are set to run through October which includes fruit and veg printing, trees made with natural materials and leafy hedgehogs. (37 words)
Hedgehogs were eaten in Ancient Egypt and some recipes of the Late Middle Ages call for hedgehog meat. citation Hedgehogs are traded throughout Eurasia and Africa for traditional medicine and witchcraft. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Hedgehogs were eaten in Ancient Egypt and some recipes of the Late Middle Ages call for hedgehog meat. citation Hedgehogs are traded throughout Eurasia and Africa for traditional medicine and witchcraft.
And pick up your postman's discarded rubber bands, as hedgehogs eat them, thinking they're worms, and avoid using chemicals.
Hedgehogs are now listed as vulnerable to extinction and Parm is hoping they will gain legal protection in the same way as bats.
Hedgehogs feed on a range of bugs and beetles and are an indicator species – where the health of their population reflects the condition of wider ecosystems.
Hedgehogs, Rabbits and Sparrowhawks were all seen there.
It is a bit of a miracle that hedgehogs can survive in urban areas because as well as the dangers of traffic they also have to negotiate a lot of obstacles in their path such as fences and walls as they move around the concrete jungle searching for food.
Like many rescue owners, she works tirelessly to care for the sick hedgehogs.
They award universities, colleges, students’ unions, and primary schools for helping hedgehogs and other wildlife on their campuses.
A nature window created by one of the children (Image: Nature Makers Cumbria South) More autumn sessions are set to run through October which includes fruit and veg printing, trees made with natural materials and leafy hedgehogs.
Echoing this sentiment, a National Trust spokesperson advised: "Don't lock out hedgehogs and frogs.
Gemma explained that doing so can lead to animals such as hedgehogs becoming seriously ill.
Hedgehogs are nocturnal so if you see one out and about during the day, especially sprawling in the sun, it may be unwell.
If you do come across an injured hedgehog people should be aware that they need to act quickly to help hedgehogs.
If you wish to leave food or water for the hibernating hedgehogs, make sure it's placed in a separate area of the garden, away from the hedgehog house.
It brought back very happy memories of all the cheese and pineapple hedgehogs at the birthday parties of my 80s childhood.
Nevertheless, it must be a challenging experience to act alongside these hedgehogs and James Marsden and Tika Sumpter weighed in.
Others can contact local councils and developers to highlight the importance of managing public green spaces for hedgehogs and ask that new-build sites are hedgehog friendly.
Shepreth Wildlife Park also has a busy ‘Hedgehog Hospital’ where they help hedgehogs that need treatment so that they can go back into the wild.
Some hedgehogs may miss out on breeding altogether, reducing the total number of litters, or have hoglets later in the year.
So please consider your emerging hedgehogs eager for food and shelter and enjoy watching their antics.
Common combinations with hedgehogs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hedgehogs are 6×
- for hedgehogs 5×
- hedgehogs and 4×
- as hedgehogs 3×
- help hedgehogs 3×
- of hedgehogs 3×
- hedgehogs in 3×
- in hedgehogs 3×
- hedgehogs were 2×
- with hedgehogs 2×