How to Use ranch in a Sentence

ranch

1 of 2 noun
  • The heart of the ranch, however, is a pair of large barns.
    Anita Sarsidi, ELLE Decor, 1 June 2023
  • Daughters Alex, 26, and Paige, 23, will be on the ranch.
    Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Wild dogs have to hunt for food in ranch or wild lands.
    David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Well, that’s at least one thing two men can do on a ranch.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 May 2023
  • The grounds of the ranch are decked out with a heated swimming pool and in-ground hot tub.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 July 2023
  • The ranch dressing added a nice contrast to the piping hot pie.
    Toriano Porter, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
  • From the main road to the gate, things got ugly, with 30 minute to an hour waits to get into the ranch.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Chao had been at the ranch with friends, according to the report.
    Sarah Dewberry, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • He’s chosen to stay in the hilltop ranch where the shooting took place.
    Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024
  • For years, the neighboring land was a carob tree ranch.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • For decades, the ranch was owned by members of the Richmond family.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Now water rushes through the property and has washed out roads to the ranch.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
  • The characters meet and fall for each other on the Dutton ranch.
    Los Angeles Times, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The ranch is near the future extension route of the Dallas North Tollway.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 8 May 2023
  • Movement will now be restricted on the ranch for 30 days.
    Evelyne Musambi, ajc, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Chao, 50, died the night of Feb. 10 after having dinner with a large group at a ranch near Johnson City, west of Austin.
    Christopher Weber, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
  • There, the aspiring cowboys find a ranch where their skills give them purpose—and where one of them finds love.
    Lucas Wittmann, Time, 13 June 2023
  • For more tofu sauces and dressings, check out this recipe for tofu ranch.
    Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The houses tended to be stately Colonials, or maybe the newer ranch style.
    Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The characters meet and fall for one another on the Dutton ranch.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The show has followed Dutton’s efforts to protect his ranch at all costs.
    Kturnqui, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
  • But the road to the ranch was busy with trucks hauling heavy equipment and pipes for the massive development two lots over.
    Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • With the help of donations, the ranch hosts events and festivals for everyone.
    Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Denim, as a fabric, is durable and can hold up after a long day at the factory or ranch.
    Maverick Li, Men's Health, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The former follows a woman living on a ranch in the Southwest and the latter is based on the stories of Sherlock Holmes.
    Jaden Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • What to order: Snag spicy bacon ranch sliders for a roadside kick.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2023
  • For her 21st birthday this past year, Johnston posted a carousel of photos from her party at a ranch.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
  • But then Jayne learned there were other flavors besides ranch.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • This year, the power couple will be spending New Year’s Eve apart and both far from their Oklahoma ranch.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Former state Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong, who served on the commission at the time, made the motion to buy the ranch.
    Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
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ranch

2 of 2 verb
  • The family has been ranching cattle here for 150 years.
  • My grandfather started ranching here 150 years ago.
  • The family has ranched 10,000 acres here for the past 150 years.
  • Dipping sauces include fry sauce (great with both the tenders and the fries) or ranch.
    Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Some families living there have ranched the area since the 1800s.
    Ryan Randazzo, azcentral, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Deseret’s been ranching for more than 60 years and offers free tours to the public.
    A.d. Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2018
  • The trees leave less land for ranching and push out grassland birds, which can't adapt to woods, said Twidwell.
    Tammy Webber The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The spot features cowboys and ranch hands wrestling and branding cattle.
    Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The gymnasts say the Karolyis knew, or should have known, about Nassar’s treatment of them while on the Huntsville, Texas, ranch the husband and wife owned.
    Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 1 May 2018
  • Farming and ranching groups from across the Great Plains sent skeins of fence wire and new metal posts to drive three feet into the soil.
    Jack Healy, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Our founder, John Tarleton, ranched in northern Erath County and had a large herd in the last decades of the 19th century.
    F. Dominic Dottavio, star-telegram, 23 Feb. 2018
  • No shade to ranch seasoning, but this recipe is better.
    Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appétit, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Fans have a choice of 11 different sauces for the special deal and get free fries and ranch with every order!
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The farm, or ranch as it is now called, is on the Texas Film Commission’s list of permanent historic movie sets.
    Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Then the half-ton animal was hoisted onto a flatbed truck for the ride to ranch headquarters.
    Matthew Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2022
  • In any case, the Sussexes might benefit from some time ranching out in the fresh air and big skies of Montana.
    Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020
  • More:This easy Arizona hike leads to a historic ranching cabin.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The average age of the principal operator of a farm or ranch these days is 58.
    National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020
  • But today the region is in still graver danger, with ranching the top culprit.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • By the 1860s, a sheep-ranching operation had taken over.
    Christopher Reynolds, latimes.com, 9 June 2019
  • Then the half-ton animal was hoisted onto a flatbed truck for the bouncy ride to ranch headquarters.
    Matthew Brown, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Her father had come west from Vermont in search of adventure and the money to be had in cattle ranching.
    Fred Barbash, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Chains fastened around the front and hind legs, the half-ton animal was hoisted onto a flatbed truck for the bouncy ride to ranch headquarters.
    Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Greenberg grew up in Minnesota, was around agriculture and had friends and neighbors who farmed and ranched.
    Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 4 June 2019
  • The properties acquired for the current projects mostly consist of empty land and ranch land east of San Marcos.
    Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Nov. 2021
  • And true to ranch’s versatile nature, this same marinade can be slathered on fish, pork, shrimp or any sturdy vegetable.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Fields that were once green with alfalfa have been converted to cattle-ranching lands.
    AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Based in the traditions of ranching life in Pampas, the entire animal is cooked to feed everyone working the ranch.
    Josephine Parr, Town & Country, 21 Aug. 2015
  • Advertisement That’s how the company ended up in a farming and ranching area on the Snake River Plain.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Constructed for the J. Roy Smith ranching family in 1928, the gorgeous estate was used as a weekend home for years until the family sold it to the star.
    Rachel Swalin, ELLE Decor, 23 May 2017

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