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Recent Examples of pasture
Noun
The aggressive insects build their nests beneath the ground in open areas including yards, fields, gardens and pastures, O’Connor Pest Control said.—Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026 The working dimensions of Chisholm Ranch include rich pasture paddocks, white-fenced and stretching into the undulating distance, letting horses live outdoors, while barns and other housings provide shelter as required.—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Verb
Some honored veterans will soon be let out to pasture.—Scott Simon, NPR, 19 July 2025 His friend, a 64-year-old shepherd, had requested a permit from authorities that day to check on his sheep, pasturing in the area just above Blatten.—Laura Millan, Bloomberg, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pasture
As the boys played, the action came ever closer to grazing the redcoat on duty.
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Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
According to the Taylor Grazing Act, these private properties were intended to winter the same number of livestock that grazed the public range during the grass-growing months and were used to pre-qualify BLM leasees.
His backyard is located but a few hundred yards south of the airfield.
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Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
While his yards per catch went up from 2024 to 2025, the 76 receptions were the lowest total since 2015, essentially his first full season as a starter in Kansas City.