Example Sentences

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Ms McNaught said the ewe's pregnancy scan suggested she would be having three lambs, but there was a chance she could have birthed more given her size.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023

The explosion of Facebook must have birthed the monster in Tim.

From Salon • May 29, 2021

We have birthed a system of mass incarceration unlike anything the world has ever seen.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 17, 2020

"I have birthed a lot of babies in my 19 years as MLS commissioner," he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2018

She thought how proud Eilwen must have once been, to have birthed a strong boy like Andras.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry