How to Use feeder in a Sentence

feeder

noun
  • The feeder should be at least five feet off the ground.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Even among the housed, feeders tend to live on the margins.
    Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • If a squirrel sits on the perch, the feeder shuts off the flow of seed.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • The public is asked not to moor to or stand on the feeders.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There’s enough space on the feeder for six birds to feed.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2025
  • And there needs to be a league full of these feeder teams.
    Greg Moore, azcentral, 11 July 2018
  • The schedule can be programmed via the app or changed on the body of the feeder.
    Molly Higgins, Wired News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The makeshift feeder would then hang on a branch where it could be seen.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The best slow feeders are lick mats and slow-feeder bowls.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Butt explained that the Under-23s is not the main feeder into the first team.
    SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Your pet’s feeder needs to hold no more than three to six weeks of food.
    Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2022
  • This approach is all about hands in the dirt, herbs on the windowsill, and birds at the feeder.
    Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025
  • The early birds will be looking for feeders on the front porch.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • His second choice is to bolt out the front door and ambush the bird feeder.
    Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Food for the latter two work just as well for feeder birds.
    Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
  • Once opened, dry pet food can go stale, even if stored in the reservoir of a feeder.
    Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2022
  • One way to end the conflict would be to take down the jelly feeder for a week or two.
    Val Cunningham Contributing Writer, Star Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The other is to keep food sources such as garbage, pet food and bird feeders out of their reach.
    Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 27 June 2018
  • Hang on a post on your back porch or a tree branch in the yard, and you’ve got your very own makeshift bird feeder.
    Betsy Cribb, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Be sure to keep the area under the feeder clean of leftover birdseed.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • The dove defends its place on the feeder with something Beth calls the kung-fu wing slap.
    Washington Post, 9 May 2022
  • If your dog likes to inhale their food, a slow feeder is a good way to slow them down.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Nuthatches pluck a seed from the feeder, wedge it in a tree-bark crevice and pound it with their beaks to break it open.
    Paul Stenquist, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2020
  • The Waukegan school district will take over the feeder program.
    Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Fortunately, the cat feeder had a hole on the side, which allowed the dog to breathe.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The Marlins and Reds may be two of the worst teams in the league, but great teams take care of business against the bottom-feeders.
    Si.com Staff, SI.com, 4 June 2018
  • The Kvichak River, the largest feeder stream on the east side of Bristol Bay, is colder still.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2020
  • The brand says that the 10-inch feeder can also be used as a handheld version.
    Cailey Lindberg, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2023
  • At the top of these hot corner bottom feeders are the Detroit Tigers in 20th.
    Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
  • Weeks later, three appeared at our thistle feeders, and a fourth, an immature, arrived as well.
    Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025

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