hibernation
Example Sentences
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Typically, the invasive mosquitoes go into a type of hibernation every year.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
In extreme conditions such as droughts, famines or freezing temperatures, animals activate resilience programs like hibernation instead of investing energy in reproduction.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
Animal spirits are astir after several decades of hibernation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Read next: The Fed has gone into hibernation.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
“There are notes here about its hibernation period I didn’t have before,” Valley said.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
