Explore Nests through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nests in a sentence
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Nests meaning
plural of nest
Using Nests
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of nest
- In the example corpus, nests often appears in combinations such as: their nests, nests and, the nests.
Context around Nests
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nests
- In this selection, "nests" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chimney, tree, select, built, year and near stand out and add context to how "nests" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 4 000 nests and found and and failed nests were investigated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nests" sits close to words such as alas, baseless and brilliance, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nests
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Male penguins usually begin building their own nests. (8 words)
During the breeding season, magpies will ferociously defend their nests. (10 words)
Nests built in these props are considerably greater than nests built without them,” says Chandru. (15 words)
Between March and July 31, keeping your dog on a lead on open access land is also to protect ground nesting birds, as dogs run about in the undergrowth they flush birds such as nightjars and skylarks off their nests and may cause them to abandon them. (47 words)
A breeding female lays between two and nine clutches of about 110 eggs each in a season, and a greater proportion of females in any given generation means more nests in the sand 20 years down the road. (38 words)
The length of the tunnels varies by species and location; nests in termitariums are necessarily much shorter than those dug into the earth, and nests in harder substrates are shorter than those in soft soil or sand. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to Rob Bierregaard, a scientist/researcher whose field of study is birds of prey and who now coordinates the Vineyard’s annual census, about ten pairs occupy chimney nests, and ten are in tree nests.
They often select nests of birds smaller in size that build cup-shaped nests like the Eastern phoebe.
We all want them to thrive and be happy, to build solid, stable nests for their offspring and to have their nests go undisturbed.
The large difference between species in the proportion of nests with plastic is probably due to their different -building behaviours; shags reuse their nests year after year so plastic builds up over time.
In total, he explored nearly 4,000 nests and found parrots preferred nests in dead palms.
Nests built in these props are considerably greater than nests built without them,” says Chandru.
A pied kingfisher killing a fish it has caught Like many forest-living kingfishers, the yellow-billed kingfisher often nests in arboreal termite nests.
Nearly every tree capable of supporting nests had them, often more than 50 per tree; one hemlock was recorded as holding 317 nests.
The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife tested many different nests by placing stuffed crows by nests, and then observing behavior of neighboring males.
The honey buzzard attacks bees' nests and eats the larvae. citation The greater honeyguide interacts with humans by guiding them to the nests of wild bees.
The length of the tunnels varies by species and location; nests in termitariums are necessarily much shorter than those dug into the earth, and nests in harder substrates are shorter than those in soft soil or sand.
A breeding female lays between two and nine clutches of about 110 eggs each in a season, and a greater proportion of females in any given generation means more nests in the sand 20 years down the road.
Between March and July 31, keeping your dog on a lead on open access land is also to protect ground nesting birds, as dogs run about in the undergrowth they flush birds such as nightjars and skylarks off their nests and may cause them to abandon them.
Biosecurity Queensland said it was working “hand in hand” with NSW to contain and eradicate the fire ants, including the deployment of detection dogs and trained officers to destroy nests.
During the breeding season, magpies will ferociously defend their nests.
Hen mortalities and failed nests were investigated as quickly as possible to determine the cause.
In some bird species, albatrosses, greylag geese, gulls and terns, many of the nests are cared for by female-female pairs.
Male penguins usually begin building their own nests.
Mounds near nests near the shrub-covered edges of the salt pan were barely noticeable, while some in the centre reached taller than 25 centimetres, suggesting that the hills served a purpose.
Mr Christie also urged the public not to disturb nests as the hornets can be ‘very aggressive’ - with one individual being stung 12 times last year after disturbing a nest while cutting his hedge.
Common combinations with nests
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- their nests 37×
- nests and 27×
- the nests 15×
- nests in 12×
- nests of 9×
- nests on 9×
- nests are 8×
- nests were 6×
- nests to 6×
- build nests 6×