How to Use progeny in a Sentence

progeny

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  • The small plants are the progeny of an oak tree.
  • Their work is the progeny of many earlier studies.
  • Many Americans are the progeny of immigrants.
  • If the lunch counter is the heir to the table, then the chair is the progeny of the stool.
    — Bernice L. McFadden, Longreads, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The progeny of two baseball Hall of Famers had notable games on the same night.
    — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Many of the chestnuts growing in the progeny test now reach high above Mr. French’s head.
    — Elena Shao Maddie McGarvey, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • And yet, that’s exactly the fate the plant doesn’t want to befall its progeny.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The book is more than the story of Julian Van Winkle and his progeny.
    — Steve Straessle, Arkansas Online, 1 May 2021
  • The progeny of the 2020 swarms continue to cause damage across East Africa.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • That part of you will still fold laundry and bake meatloaf long past the age that any progeny will need or want it.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Indigo and onion progeny are tiny, about the size of a pinhead.
    — Latria Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2022
  • But this cell also has a quirk: Many of its progeny are misshapen.
    — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The gorgeous bride was the oldest of three beautiful girls, the progeny of my daughter’s friend of over 50 years.
    — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Maybe Granny wants a break from her thoughtless progeny.
    — Washington Post, 2 May 2022
  • By my lights, Roe and its progeny have been very bad for America.
    — O. Carter Snead, CNN, 24 June 2022
  • The Rusty Lake games are puzzle adventures that feel like it was made by the progeny of Edward Gorey.
    — Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Polo brings him up to the control booth, swaddling his progeny’s dome in a pair of headphones.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2021
  • There is more at work here than decades of Zinn and his leftist progeny, however.
    — Stanley Kurtz, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Today my bride and I have three adult children, eight grandkids, and five greats, all a happy and healthy progeny.
    — Irv Erdoscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Their progeny will be entirely male, as the females will once again die off.
    — Mike Wehner, BGR, 15 Apr. 2021
  • At its feet lie its progeny, smaller chunks that have broken off over millions of years.
    — Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • The event celebrates progeny of stallions standings in the state.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Goodell, 62, has worked at the league for nearly four decades, and has known and is known by many owners, their ancestors and their progeny.
    — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Celtic forefathers are thrilled with the success of their progeny.
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022
  • Sure, Vader and his progeny will continue to appear in Star Wars comics and video games.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Afterward, most of her progeny lined up to take photos in front of the St. Alphonsus altar.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Most of the pathogen’s progeny will still be evolutionary duds.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2021
  • For immigrants and their progeny, this process is just as searing.
    — Jessica Hoppe, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Their progeny then migrate to the ocean to become adults, returning to the watershed at age 3 to repeat the cycle.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The progeny from both groups were reared to adulthood, fished, and again sorted into separate ponds.
    — Hal Schramm, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2020

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