Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use mother hen in a sentence

Looking for sentences with "mother hen"? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Chris, being the mother hen that he was, tried to force food upon the others the instant they got home.
The brunette hovered around her like a mother hen, watching carefully to ensure that she did not overtire herself, while the blonde hung back.
A fox had gotten into one of the chicken runs and killed a mother hen and five of her chicks.
This time around he groggily sat up and rubbed his head while staring at the girl that hovered over him like a mother hen.
Throughout the evening, Patterson plays the mother hen, encouraging the kids' performances, moving a lighting rig here, adjusting a mic there.
Mrs. Ellis is the traditional mother hen, always fussing over her little brood.
I told Sean and Samantha that they should bring water too, but they told me I was being a mother hen and disregarded me completely.
At only ten years old Lizzie was something of a mother hen with the rest of her siblings.
He worried over her like a mother hen clucking over her chicks.
Ever since then I've been more of a mother hen to him than anything else.
Allow me to indulge my mother hen side for a moment and say that I have a son who makes films and wins prizes.
Under normal conditions the mother hen will ensure that they are kept warm.
The jumbotron was set up facing Alma Mater, the crowds nestled round her like chicks round a bronze mother hen.
He's Jimmy Bly, a tow-headed, blue-eyed youngster with a protective, over-bearing, pugnacious older brother Demille who serves as his manager and mother hen.
Nemirovskaya, with her robust intellectual and physical presence, plays the role of chair and mother hen.
Diane Carlton, the office's mother hen, went home early.
There's a strange subplot involving a half-naked ditz whose pet chimpanzee attacked her best friend, and G. J. herself is less mother hen than megalomaniac.
To limit mortality among baby chicks in the free-range system, take steps to protect the mother hen and the chicks from predators, thieves and rain.
My joy is huge when I recite the following words, an African proverb, for the children of the twenty-first century: A mother hen can only provide her baby chicks with the grains she has previously gathered.
It is defective to the extent that these amendments are not only incomprehensible but, as co-author, I am bound to say that, when I read these amendments in French, I feel like a mother hen who can no longer find her chicks.
Show More Sentences
Examples from Classical Literature
There might be a mother hen with chickens, in a pen which he could find a way into.
From the poultry-yard he will gather the dropped feathers of the mother hen.
The mother hen, anxious, took up her position at a distance and stayed there.
She was a bit of a mother hen back in the days when she had The Crooked Billet and also at Reflections.
The name Hen and Chickens is an easy visualization of chicks in the barnyard clustered close to mother hen.
A mother hen leads her children until they can take the reigns of their own.
One would think, Sandy, that you were a mother hen with a brood of chicks!
She would be with them like a mother hen with a brood of ducks.
But sitting pointlessly among the minor celebs like an unwanted mother hen is a weekly embarrassment for Ms Barber.
The chickens looked at him sideways, peeping and calling the mother hen.
Ellis must navigate boarding house dining table politics and Julie Walters' mother hen landlady.
When his wards are in the ring, Sandhu is like a mother hen in the corner, catering to their every need.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024