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How to pronounce hornet in English?

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Type Words
Type of vespid wasp, vespid
Has types vespa crabro, vespula maculata, vespula maculifrons, white-faced hornet, yellow hornet, bald-faced hornet, yellow jacket, giant hornet

Examples of hornet

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My friend Ethel is mad as a hornet, but she has no choice but to keep taking it.
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The university's mascot is the hornet, and the school colors are green and gold.
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One day, a hornet worried unreasonably that a little bird would stir up its nest.
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Prising open the lid on previous mistakes might unleash a political hornet-swarm.
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Hornet was sunk, and Enterprise, South Dakota and San Juan were severely damaged.
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The Turnbull hornet has been stirred and it is Tony Abbott who is being stung.
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The risk assessment of Vespa velutina, the Asian hornet, makes terrifying reading.
From the guardian.co.uk
So, the bird kneeled down to the hornet and kowtowed in order to extricate itself.
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Hornet had a two day head start on the Flying Cloud in their famous 1853 race.
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  • The Hornet is a Lotus Seven copy built by T&J Sportscars. The Hornet was created by T&J Sportscars and was designed to take the majority of components from the Ford Cortina mk 3, 4 or 5. This means there is a choice of 1300/ 1600 OHV Kent or OHC 1600/2000 OHC Pinto Ford engines. ...
  • Hornet was an 1851 extreme clipper in the San Francisco trade, famous for its race with Flying Cloud.
  • The Hornet is an identity used by three fictional characters in the Marvel Universe, one villain, and two heroes. Both the first and third Hornets have suffered from physical disabilities.
  • The Hornet was a British boys' comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. for 648 issues from 14 September 1963 to 7 February 1976, after which it was merged with The Hotspur. at 26pigs.com. The free gift with the first issue was a balsa wood "Kestral Glider".
  • The Hornet dinghy is a 16 foot high performance dinghy designed by Jack Holt in 1953.
  • (The hornets) Watford Football Club (often referred to simply as Watford or Watford F.C. and nicknamed The Hornets) is an English professional association football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. They play in the Championship. ...
  • A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown and yellow striped body and capable of inflicting a serious sting