How to Use natal in a Sentence

natal

adjective
Definition of natalnext
  • The salmon are born in rivers, swim to the Atlantic and return to their natal river to spawn.
    — Washington Post, 18 June 2017
  • The newborn was taken to the Danbury neo-natal unit for care.
    — Bill Leukhardt, courant.com, 14 July 2017
  • His blond, fuzzy natal pelage has given way to the lush, chocolate brown coat of an adult.
    — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 24 Mar. 2018
  • The fish are born in freshwater streams, head to sea for one or more years and return to their natal streams to spawn.
    — Washington Post, 29 May 2018
  • Michael Webb and Tan met in her natal city of Nanning, which sits on the border with Vietnam.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2021
  • The midheaven is also the cusp of the 10th House of Social Status of the natal chart and can tell you a lot about your public life.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 4 Apr. 2021
  • There are many ways to assess the impact of a pro-natal policy such as the CSOK program.
    — Lyman R. Stone, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Though wild salmon are known for their homing instincts, not all return to their natal streams.
    — Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Though wild salmon are known for their homing instincts, not all return to their natal streams.
    — Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Each spring, as the dogwoods begin to bloom, salmon leave the deep-blue pastures of the North Pacific and return to their natal streams to spawn and die.
    — Corey Arnold, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019
  • He was rushed from the clinic where he was born to the neo-natal intensive care unit in a children’s hospital across town.
    — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • An anadromous fish, it is born in fresh water, spends its adulthood in salt water and returns to its natal rivers to spawn.
    — Andrew S. Lewis, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The sojourn puts him hundreds of miles away from the Oregon state line and his natal territory.
    — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Twenty-four common tern chicks were flying around their natal homes, with one more chick almost ready to fly.
    — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2021
  • My Vedic astrologer told me our natal charts are very similar.
    — New York Times, 28 June 2018
  • The oldest, largest female is the typically the leader, and females stay with their natal herd their whole lives.
    — National Geographic, 12 May 2018
  • Bolivia long tried to convince women about the need to get pre-natal care at health clinics and give birth at hospitals.
    — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2017
  • According to Brigman, a mother-to-be can start with a doula as early or as late in the pre- or post-natal journey as desired.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2019
  • The first consists of hundreds of Atlantic salmon, returning to their natal river to spawn after a year, or sometimes longer, spent in the ocean.
    — Monte Burke, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2017
  • In the time before my wife's first pre-natal scan, my mind raced full circle: Would my daughter have a disability?
    — Robert Hoge, Good Housekeeping, 12 Sep. 2016
  • Jewel has her natal sun, moon and Mercury in the versatile, intelligent sign of the twins.
    — Holiday Mathis, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2021
  • But the number of salmon making the arduous journey to the Pacific Ocean and back to their natal streams has declined steeply in recent decades.
    — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The figure, which amounts to 2.4 million deaths a decade, does not include pre-natal mortality rates.
    — Steve George, CNN, 15 May 2018
  • Maren Morris not the only famous mom fed up with post-natal diet culture.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Was a memo distributed at pre-natal yoga classes across the country?
    — Kaitlin Menza, Redbook, 6 Feb. 2017
  • This being a Shape interview, Kaling talked about her pre- and post-natal workout routines.
    — refinery29.com, 16 May 2018
  • Some of Sediq's earliest memories are of escaping from his natal home as the Taliban scorched the farmland around it in the Shomali Plain.
    — Noah Coburn and Sediq Seddiqi, CNN, 8 July 2021
  • Myth #5: Your natal chart stays the same, meaning you are hopelessly doomed to repeat everything.
    — Emily Simone, Allure, 20 May 2022
  • The jets occur when a star first bursts through its natal envelope of cosmic dust, shooting out a pair of opposing jets into space.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 12 July 2023
  • Fans can expect to see Batiste donning pearls, crystals, or other luxurious touches–Holmes reckons that this may happen considering the Neptune transit will be conjunct with his natal moon.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Feb. 2024

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