How to Use hives in a Sentence

hives

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  • Her eye swelled shut and her skin broke out in head-to-toe hives.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The thought of choosing a handful of friends to stand next to me gives me hives.
    — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 27 July 2022
  • And the bees buzzed in their hives, and the peacocks strutted about, and the sheep grazed placidly in the fields.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022
  • Even a wool sweater can make some people break out in hives.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2022
  • All the ‘hives,’ all the ‘teams,’ are going to be ignited.
    — NBC News, 21 Oct. 2021
  • But some might be made from honey sourced from thousands of hives all over the world.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 12 May 2021
  • The scariest moment followed the fever, when Chloe broke out in hives.
    — al, 11 Aug. 2021
  • When Asian hornets or their scent is present, the hives are louder.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Nov. 2021
  • All of it was stressing me out to the point my skin started breaking out in hives.
    — Ally Dwyer As Told To Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The thousands of bees, housed in 60 hives, were placed in front of the presidential palace.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The keepers scale the cliff using rope ladders to check on the hives and collect the honey.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2020
  • In the past, though, harvesting that honey has led to the destruction of the hives.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Staying in the hives may mean waking up among the trees, but these abodes don't skimp on comfort.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2022
  • In spring, Detroit’s terroir has notes of mint; in fall, the hives give off the scent of clover and goldenrod.
    — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Within an hour, my throat would swell and my chest would erupt in crimson hives.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022
  • It was first detected in the US in 1987 and can now be found in almost all hives across the country.
    — Michelle Cohan, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Hotel rooms are hot-sheet hives hooked up to my headset.
    — Washington Post, 22 June 2021
  • By the dead of winter, most hives have usually died out.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Spector was known for her style, and love of bee-hives and winged eyeliner.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Bees work hard to keep their hives clean and to remove parasites and pathogens from their colonies.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 9 Dec. 2020
  • The country store carries honey from their own hives and cider pressed on site.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Patrick Genay, a beekeeper with 300 hives in the area, is among those seeking to quash the Amazon project for good.
    — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Lake Katherine in Palos Heights sells the honey, too, though there are no hives there.
    — Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Pure raw honey and creamed honey from hives at a farm in Vincent.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The smoke triggered his allergies and caused his teenage daughter to break out in hives.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020
  • There were hives bubbling up on her arms and her throat was beginning to swell shut.
    — Bracey Harris, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Soon after dawn, the males head out to hunt and perhaps to chase honeybees from their hives.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Hives can occur at any age, and the appearance of hives can vary with skin color.
    — Patricia A. MacCulloch, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022
  • This is why many of them have always gathered honey from wild hives.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
  • There’s no good way to forecast what all the activity in the hives will produce.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2022

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