Examples of piglet in a Sentence
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Squealing newborn piglets were passed around to hold for photo ops.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
Babe the rescue piglet now lives at an animal sanctuary in Pennsylvania.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
On uninhabited Big Major Cay, a colony of pigs (and adorable piglets!) takes center stage.
—Rondel Holder, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2023
According to legal filings, Rogers went into a barn one day to care for some piglets.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
Just as creepy to me was the mural on the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon, a bucolic panorama of happy piglets gamboling with kids and sleeping under shady trees — a gory dissonance to the daily assembly-line killing of thousands of pigs inside the abattoir.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
Activists were trying to talk to Beaver County residents ahead of a high-profile trial over two piglets taken from a Smithfield Foods farm.
—Shannon Sollitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
The mom had been kept for breeding while her piglets were allegedly intended for slaughter.
—Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
Those visiting the animal barns saw baby piglets and calves, livestock shows and competitions.
—Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
Babe the rescue piglet now lives at an animal sanctuary in Pennsylvania.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
On uninhabited Big Major Cay, a colony of pigs (and adorable piglets!) takes center stage.
—Rondel Holder, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2023
According to legal filings, Rogers went into a barn one day to care for some piglets.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
Just as creepy to me was the mural on the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon, a bucolic panorama of happy piglets gamboling with kids and sleeping under shady trees — a gory dissonance to the daily assembly-line killing of thousands of pigs inside the abattoir.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
Activists were trying to talk to Beaver County residents ahead of a high-profile trial over two piglets taken from a Smithfield Foods farm.
—Shannon Sollitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
The mom had been kept for breeding while her piglets were allegedly intended for slaughter.
—Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
Those visiting the animal barns saw baby piglets and calves, livestock shows and competitions.
—Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined above
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“Piglet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piglet. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
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piglet
noun
pig·let
ˈpig-lət 
: a baby pig
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