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Explore Hen through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like chicken or biddy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Hen in a sentence

Related words

Hen | Henry | Hence | Henderson | Henri | Henson | Henceforth | Henley | Hennepin

Hen meaning

  1. A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
  2. A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
  3. A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.

Synonyms of Hen

chicken biddy gallus gallus bird poulet volaille female

Related words

Other words often associated with Hen or its synonyms:

poultry fowl chick pistillate fauna skirt cowardly feminine beast gallina dame wimp

Hen vertaling naar Nederlands

wijfje hen moederkloek

Using Hen

  • The main meaning on this page is: A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs. | A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl. | A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
  • Useful related words include: chicken, biddy, gallus gallus, bird.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: wijfje, hen, moederkloek.
  • In the example corpus, hen often appears in combinations such as: the hen, hen do, hen and.

Context around Hen

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

heath 3× red 2× cornish 1× booked 1× ending 1× phrase 1× example 1× manager 1× village 1× guinea 1×

Often after:

became 1× dos 1× almost 1× census 1× felt 1× gee 1× lake 1× mortalities 1× weed 1×

Sentence patterns with Hen

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the hen will produce 1× annual heath hen census 1× cape town hen do 1× for example hen and chicken 1× going around hen lake close 1× half a hen then a 1× hen mortalities and 1× how will hen and karen 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a single male 1× after my manager 1× after the engagement 1× as the years 1× dr gross told 1× during an appearance 1×

Common sentence endings:

a chicken breast 1× a confused mob 1× about a month 1× and chicken islands 1× being reprinted abroad 1× determine the cause 1×

Words around Hen

Just before it in the word index:

hemu 4 hemtts 2 hemtt 10 hemts 2 hemsworths 3 hemsworth 229

Just after it in the word index:

hena 5 henad 2 henads 3 henage 2 henan 34 henao 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abd 200 affectionate 200 aiden 200 airflow 200 aisles 200 ajit 200

Corpus analysis for Hen

  • In this selection, "hen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, heath, red, cornish, became, dos and almost stand out and add context to how "hen" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the hen will produce and annual heath hen census. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hen" sits close to words such as abd, affectionate and aiden, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hen

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

How will Hen and Karen eventually react to Denny and Nathaniel’s secret? (13 words)

Hen mortalities and failed nests were investigated as quickly as possible to determine the cause. (15 words)

Lady Amelia Spencer (right) pictured with Lady Eliza on her recent Cape Town hen do. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

This use of "chicken" survives in the phrase "Hen and Chickens", sometimes used as a British public house or theatre name, and to name groups of one large and many small rocks or islands in the sea (see for example Hen and Chicken Islands ). (44 words)

If an off-day for Juranovic is rare, then an off-day for Postecoglou comes into the hen’s teeth category, and even on an afternoon where he did make mistakes, credit is still due to the Celtic manager on two scores. (42 words)

A single male heath hen, almost certainly the sole survivor of its species in the whole world, showed itself this week to Dr. Alfred O. Gross and Thorton W. Burgess, here to make the annual heath hen census. (38 words)

Question examples

How will Hen and Karen eventually react to Denny and Nathaniel’s secret? (13 words)

If Fox has disproportionately big eyeballs, should that fact be heard from the mouth of the village Hen? (18 words)

Exclamation examples

After my manager Hen Gee locked me in with Ice T and Dr Dre, I knew I was here to stay! (21 words)

Example sentences (20)

As the years went by, the Cornish hen became half a hen, then a chicken breast.

Last Night of Freedom, which helps organise stag and hen dos, says York’s reputation as a ‘party paradise’ saw the city become the third most-booked hen do location in Europe last year.

A single male heath hen, almost certainly the sole survivor of its species in the whole world, showed itself this week to Dr. Alfred O. Gross and Thorton W. Burgess, here to make the annual heath hen census.

Following the incident with Sanders and Virginia’s Red Hen, DC’s completely unaffiliated Red Hen felt the wrath of a confused mob.

The illative case also changes form with a consonant stem, where the ending -hen is assibilated to -seen, as -hen is the genitive.

This use of "chicken" survives in the phrase "Hen and Chickens", sometimes used as a British public house or theatre name, and to name groups of one large and many small rocks or islands in the sea (see for example Hen and Chicken Islands ).

After my manager Hen Gee locked me in with Ice T and Dr Dre, I knew I was here to stay!

After the engagement announcement, the couple planned their hen and stag do with close friends and family.

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Dr. Gross told of articles which he has published on the heath hen being translated into many foreign languages and being reprinted abroad.

During an appearance on Capital FM on Friday, Leigh-Anne gushed: 'Jade heard Don't Say Love on the hen do, and my second single too.

Going around Hen Lake close is a lovely walk and it is very easy to get up onto the Moors.

Hen mortalities and failed nests were investigated as quickly as possible to determine the cause.

How will Hen and Karen eventually react to Denny and Nathaniel’s secret?

If an off-day for Juranovic is rare, then an off-day for Postecoglou comes into the hen’s teeth category, and even on an afternoon where he did make mistakes, credit is still due to the Celtic manager on two scores.

If Fox has disproportionately big eyeballs, should that fact be heard from the mouth of the village Hen?

In a story shared on YouTube, a woman describes how her mother’s friend picked some guinea hen weed from her backyard, boiled it up with some orange peel, and it cleared up her gastroenteritis immediately.

In late May and June, the paired ducks start breeding, and the hen will produce a clutch of eggs that will hatch in about a month.

Kembla Grange trainer Robert Price did however admit four-year-old mares like Jamaea at stud were like hen's teeth, people can't source them.

Lady Amelia Spencer (right) pictured with Lady Eliza on her recent Cape Town hen do.

Mescal is best known for his Oscar-nominated role in Saoirse Ronan is Henrietta (Hen), his wife.

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Common combinations with hen

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hen" in a sentence?
An example: "As the years went by, the Cornish hen became half a hen, then a chicken breast." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "hen" from authentic English texts.
What does "hen" mean?
Hen means: A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
What are synonyms of "hen"?
Common synonyms of "hen" include: chicken, biddy, gallus gallus, bird, poulet, volaille, female.
What is "hen" in Dutch?
"hen" translates to Dutch as: wijfje, hen, moederkloek.
How many example sentences with "hen" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "hen", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.