bovine

adjective

Definition of bovinenext
as in phlegmatic

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Recent Examples of bovine The group is also planning a bovine airlift — one of its signature moves — of 30,000 dairy cows from the US to Algeria. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 19 May 2026 Studies of flies found on dairy farms and cattle ranches have shown that these insects are major spreaders of pathogens like salmonella, Moraxella bovis (pinkeye), and spreadable pathogens of bovine respiratory disease. — Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026 Customers coming into the store will first walk to a cheese case decorated with a mural of alpine dairy cows — bovine art is a theme throughout — and then move on to the bakery area and coffee bar with a new espresso machine. — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2026 Cases of bovine tuberculosis were recently confirmed in Northern Lower Michigan, with the infected animals detected within a dairy herd in Charlevoix County. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bovine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bovine
  1. phlegmatic
  2. stolid
  3. impassive
  4. dispassionate
  5. indifferent
  6. detached
  7. aloof
Adjective
  • The thickset Armand Assante was a phlegmatic Odysseus, but Greta Scacchi, as Penelope—who has so little to say in the poem—became the physical embodiment of anger, and Isabella Rossellini was a teasing Athena.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Shinichi Atobe’s arresting house and techno beams with inimitable candor, built from bright, phlegmatic loops that run on an eccentric internal logic.
    — Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of phlegmatic
Adjective
  • Many Labour members hope Burnham’s people skills and charisma can connect with the public more than the stolid, managerial Starmer could ever do.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • Many Labor members hope Burnham’s people skills and charisma can connect with the public more than the stolid, managerial Starmer could ever do.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
Definition of stolid
Adjective
  • Lancelot, noticeably weary, impassive, and preoccupied atop an equally weary black horse, follows the sorcerer, while Merlin leads him up the path into the realm of shadows, out of the frame to the left.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
  • Riles’s face is impassive, focused, as the announcer reads out the winner.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
Definition of impassive
Adjective
  • Writing detaches the message from the messenger, allowing for a more dispassionate spread of information than was possible in oral societies.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • In the weeks since the show premiered, memes and unauthorized merch capturing Patricia’s dispassionate delivery, heroic shotgun wielding, and jerky dance moves have flooded the internet.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of dispassionate
Adjective
  • Its inhabitants remain largely indifferent to the independence movement; village elders reason that freedom will benefit the educated while cultivators will merely exchange one set of masters for another.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • Contrary to a popular myth, bees are indifferent to their keepers.
    — Richard Schiffman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
Definition of indifferent
Adjective
  • New homes are less likely to compete on price with existing homes in dense urban markets like New York City, where scarce land means new construction is dominated by condominium projects rather than detached homes.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • Apartments offer better square-meter-to-euro value than across the river, and detached homes are available here at a lower price point.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
Definition of detached
Adjective
  • If their goal is to grant access to her particular perspective, then that perspective seems only that of a bored and aloof tween.
    — Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026
  • At the same time, the director was himself a devastatingly handsome heartbreaker — several of his actresses, including the legendary Maria Callas, fell hard for him — and so perhaps knew something about the aloof, unnamed lover being pined for.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of aloof

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