On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Mating. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as coupling or pairing and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Mating in a sentence
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Mating meaning
Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
Synonyms of Mating
Using Mating
- The main meaning on this page is: Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
- Useful related words include: coupling, pairing, conjugation, union.
- In the example corpus, mating often appears in combinations such as: mating season, the mating, during mating.
Context around Mating
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mating
- In this selection, "mating" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, scarabaeidae, lizard, different, season, strategies and type stand out and add context to how "mating" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include advantage and mating choice and been seen mating with a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mating" sits close to words such as contemporaries, dudley and duly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mating
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
During mating, the female has the advantage and mating choice. (10 words)
That spring, she’d been seen mating with a male grizzly. (11 words)
Mating stallions do not start looking for mating partners until the age of five. (14 words)
This act also occurs to clear the vagina of other sperm in the context of a second (or more) mating, thus giving the later males a larger chance of conception. citation After mating, the female washes her vulva thoroughly. (39 words)
The mating disruption treatment, which consists of a pheromone meant to confuse and overwhelm male spongy moths, will be sprayed by the yellow "air tractor" planes later this month in 12 different areas, including St. Charles, Geneva and Naperville. (39 words)
Species often have different mating or courtship patterns or behaviors, the breeding seasons may be distinct and even if mating does occur antigenic reactions to the sperm of other species prevent fertilization or embryo development. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mating Punctate flower chafers (Neorrhina punctata, Scarabaeidae) mating Beetles may display extremely intricate behavior when mating.
Analogs in nature Lizard mating strategies main The common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) exhibits a rock–paper–scissors pattern in its mating strategies.
During mating, the female has the advantage and mating choice.
Mating may occur outside the rookeries, between non-territorial males and females, as the latter move to and from the mating site.
Mating stallions do not start looking for mating partners until the age of five.
Species often have different mating or courtship patterns or behaviors, the breeding seasons may be distinct and even if mating does occur antigenic reactions to the sperm of other species prevent fertilization or embryo development.
This act also occurs to clear the vagina of other sperm in the context of a second (or more) mating, thus giving the later males a larger chance of conception. citation After mating, the female washes her vulva thoroughly.
This is done by mating cows outside their natural mating time so that the period when each cow in the herd is giving maximum production is in rotation throughout the year.
Yeast with the same mating type will not fuse with each other to form diploid cells, only with yeast carrying the other mating type.
Animal services staff will continue visiting the area on a daily basis to apply "aversion conditioning" to help move coyotes, which are currently in mating season, from the area.
Daksha, a cheetah brought from South Africa, succumbed to the injuries following a violent interaction with a male during a mating attempt on May 9 this year.
During mating season, male spiders come out of hiding to look for a mate.
Furthermore, males have a cluster of spiky hairs (claspers) surrounding the reproducing parts used to attach to the female during mating.
Officials said this was the first time such heightened mating behavior was witnessed between the two manatees and it was believed that separating them would cause more harm.
September marks the beginning of the spider mating season in the UK, so you may have already noticed an increased number of them around your home and garden, suggests Blackhurst.
That spring, she’d been seen mating with a male grizzly.
The experts at Paving Shoppers said: “During the fox mating season, it’s important to be vigilant and consider the potential long-term impacts of their presence on your property.
The herd grew to 80 in just under a year before he was finally able to stop them from mating.
The heroes admit there's a strong possibility she's pregnant as she was free during mating season.
The mating disruption treatment, which consists of a pheromone meant to confuse and overwhelm male spongy moths, will be sprayed by the yellow "air tractor" planes later this month in 12 different areas, including St. Charles, Geneva and Naperville.
Common combinations with mating
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- mating season 40×
- the mating 24×
- during mating 16×
- of mating 11×
- for mating 9×
- mating with 9×
- and mating 8×
- mating ritual 7×
- mating and 7×
- as mating 7×