How to Use grazing in a Sentence

grazing

noun
  • The sheep aren’t the first grazing creatures to help out with the project.
    Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2021
  • With fewer elk grazing, the grass, shrubs, and trees grew.
    National Geographic, 19 May 2020
  • The Swedish-themed restaurant has sod on the roof and goats can be found grazing during the day.
    Christopher Magan, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2019
  • As a result, the Hadza have had to agree to give away grazing rights on their land in the dry season.
    Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 17 May 2018
  • The Vikings also cleared forests in order to use land for crops and sheep grazing.
    Sarah Todd, Quartz, 12 July 2022
  • The style has about an inch of dark roots, lash-grazing bangs, and the wet, almost stringy texture.
    Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 9 July 2019
  • The first two shots hit his right leg and inflicted a grazing wound to his head.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Much of the open fields burned in the region were used for grazing and feeding cattle.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The home’s most iconic feature is a life-size statue of a buck grazing at the front of the mansion.
    Hunter Boyce, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In the Amazon, farmers and loggers have long been known to set fires to clear land for grazing and crops.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The calf has been growing and exploring its habitat at the zoo, grazing in the grass and the hay and starting to run.
    Hannah Drown, cleveland, 24 Apr. 2019
  • Zebras could be seen grazing on the grass along the interstate.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Some things, like the number of grazing sheep, are within the trust’s control.
    Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The goats are within a fenced area and will take several weeks to finish grazing on the 3.5 acres.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The ridge was worthless for sheep grazing, their livelihood.
    Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Much of the surrounding area used to be ranch land, and cattle grazing kept the buildup of flammable shrubs and grasses in check.
    Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Most days, these cattle live out docile, carefree lives on the ranch, grazing on tall grass.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
  • In spring, when the grass flushes green, the herds return home from grazing in the hills each nightfall by themselves.
    Kate Eshelby, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
  • If done right, Creque said, grazing could be restorative.
    Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
  • This includes grazing sheep and keeping the floor of our oak forest clean.
    Gary Stoller, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Waiting on the table is a skillet with refried beans, a stack of tostadas and limes for easy grazing.
    Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
  • Goats trim the landscaping while grazing and in turn produce milk for guests.
    Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2019
  • But initially much of the region’s land went to grazing.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
  • The goats are a first for the Arboretum, and their grazing is beneficial for the land and the goats themselves (free food!).
    Abigail Rosenthal, Houston Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Focus on your guests having fun, watching the game and grazing.
    Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • If the family was among the winners of the era, the losers included the peasants displaced to make way for grazing land.
    Allan Massie, wsj.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Shrimp and grits, crab cakes, lamb chops and freezer pop food stations became hot grazing spots across the grounds.
    Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2018
  • Rarely are any of these grazing animals alone, at this time of day or any other.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Such grazing reduces erosion, slows water runoff and creates habitat for wildlife and varieties of endangered native plant species.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The tree faces several threats, including habitat decline due to climate change, livestock grazing, droughts, fires, and overharvesting.
    Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025

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