How to Use quadruplet in a Sentence

quadruplet

noun
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  • Bellush’s 23-month-old quadruplets were at home at the time of the slaying.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Jan. 2018
  • This is not the first set of quadruplets that Yale has admitted.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017
  • The babies need help with eating, but the 2-month-old quadruplets are breathing on their own.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 8 May 2023
  • The quadruplets' mama doesn't have one, though Tired seems fitting.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 8 June 2018
  • The quadruplets are doing very well, their mother said.
    — Sofia Anjuman Ali, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2017
  • The cubs were among quadruplets born last Wednesday to Ember, a 9-year-old red panda.
    — USA TODAY, 22 July 2019
  • The 7000-series trains, however, work in what are called four-packs: two sets of quadruplets.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Sapp is the oldest of the quadruplets, who were born in Trenton and raised in Westampton.
    — Phil Anastasia, Philly.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Already the mother of one little girl, Hemme is slated to give birth to quadruplets soon.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The zoo says only 1% of red panda litters are quadruplets.
    — USA TODAY, 22 July 2019
  • The four Sandoval children were the first quadruplets born in the 21st century in San Antonio.
    — Jose Arredondo, ExpressNews.com, 12 June 2019
  • Jenny calls Harrison and Hudson the bread of the quadruplet sandwich.
    — Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The quadruplets are expected to remain at UAB until their technical due date next month.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 8 May 2023
  • Four of the babies, all girls, are identical quadruplets, exceedingly rare at one in 10 to 15 million.
    — Joshua Williams, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The brothers, who are quadruplets, shared the roles with their brother Zachary and sister Mimi, who made their debut as the infant twins in season 3 of the family drama.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2020
  • But the 18-year-old quadruplets from South Jersey have something else in common: All four are pursuing careers in medicine, following the path of their late mother, who died when the teens were 2.
    — Emily Babay, Philly.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The Noblesville woman was about to become a mother of quadruplets — without the help of fertility treatments.
    — Indystar, Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2017
  • There has been only one other report of identical quadruplets born in a set of quintuplets, which happened in 2018, the doctor added.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
  • This isn’t the first time that the prestigious institution has admitted quadruplets, though.
    — Sarah Larimer, Washington Post, 1 May 2017
  • The Alabama couple welcomed quadruplets into the world, but more than that, Hannah Carmack gave birth to two sets of identical twins -- two boys and two girls.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 8 May 2023
  • The Miners were the first quadruplets born in Orange County via the technique and more than 40 medical staff assisted in their delivery, which was eight weeks early.
    — Courtney Perkes, Orange County Register, 31 May 2017
  • Originally, the roles were shared by their quadruplet siblings, but Lorenzo and Nikolas eventually took over as Sam and David full time.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2020
  • The quadruplets are expected to remain in hospital care until June, the month of their technical due date, according to Today.
    — Wendy Geller, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • The reaction that lights up the sun relies on gravity squeezing together protons and proton-neutron pairs tightly enough that the strong force clumps them into triplets and quadruplets.
    — Charlie Wood, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2017
  • After being separated for 65 days, the preemie quadruplets have now been reunited.
    — Katina Beniaris, Woman's Day, 27 Feb. 2017
  • Quadruplets from Ohio will attend Yale University together this fall.
    — USA TODAY, 2 May 2017
  • Courtney began reaching out for information, and made contact with mothers of quadruplets, quintuplets and sextuplets.
    — William Thornton [email protected], AL.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Differences from one quadruplet to another go beyond appearance.
    — Sharon Begley, STAT, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Kortney delivered her babies days before Christmas at 29 weeks—the first time Piedmont Newnan Hospital had ever delivered quadruplets.
    — Katina Beniaris, Woman's Day, 27 Feb. 2017
  • Murakuma and her colleague Taketeru Tomita, codeveloper of the underwater ultrasound machine, witnessed another surprising behavior while observing the mother carrying quadruplets.
    — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2019

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