The artist was cross-hatching the portrait to deepen the shadows and define the planes.

At the hatchery, the staff spent the spring hatching, matching, and dispatching thousands of salmon fry to restore the river populations.

Even after he apologized, I couldn't forget how he had betrayed me, and as my mother warned, he that mischief hatches, mischief catches.

I know you're excited about the grant, but don't count your chickens before they're hatched — wait until the award is official.

The explorer used a hatchetlike blade to chop through the dense vines.

The museum displayed a row of antique hatchels used by flax workers to comb fibers.

The hatchers adjusted the humidity levels in the incubators to ensure a high hatch rate.

As the hatcher on the farm, Maria carefully adjusted the incubator settings to improve hatch rates.

The CEO's hatchet men arrived to carry out the layoffs without question.