hives

Example Sentences

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I jumped up and I had hives and bumps from the bites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

By 1947 commercial beekeepers were moving their hives miles away; smog was killing the bees, or making them crazy so they couldn’t find their way back home.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

A 16-year-old girl from north Wales says she is "always scared" of having an allergic reaction after being diagnosed with a rare condition which sees her experience hives and swelling triggered by cold temperatures.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Though I’d done bee patrol with Zach, I hadn’t been back to the hives with August since that first time.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd