How to Use livestock in a Sentence

livestock

noun

• About the Houston Rodeo The livestock show and rodeo was first held in 1932.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
• And if one of his livestock dogs get out, will a jumpy officer shoot it?
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
• Will there be livestock on display at the Harvest Fair?
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2023
• But, without them, locals had to collect dead livestock and pile them on the edge of town.
  — Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
• Most of them were introduced decades ago to feed livestock, Thorne said.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
• Weiman yells out in Hebrew to a woman tending to the sheep, asking whom the livestock belong to.
  — Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
• Farmers also let their cows and pigs range freely in the delta, where the livestock overgraze and trample young trees.
  — James Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• The livestock below deck were thrown about, and men had to cover their faces as mean, biting hogs rained down.
  — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
• In the Netherlands, the backlash against livestock reduction goals has been fierce.
  — Noah Gordon, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
• Before bidding began on the livestock auction, the plaintiffs tried to back out, the lawsuit reads.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2023
• The mash is pushed through stills, a process that extracts vaporized alcohol from the residue, which can then be fed to livestock.
  — Emily Bingham, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
• Herders have become more protective of their livestock after a drought, which has been termed as the worst in decades, hit the East African region.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
• That’s important because birds flock, fly and migrate, and are raised as livestock as well.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
• Crops will be planted, livestock will be reared, and maybe a family will be started.
  — Vulture, 2 Oct. 2023
• The lead plaintiff, 22-year-old Rikki Held, lives on a ranch and described the impact of drought and wildfires on her family’s livestock to the court.
  — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
• In Botswana, elephants kill livestock and trample crops and people.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
• This is why wolves have been known to prey on livestock when the opportunity arises.
  — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2024
• Refrain from eating or drinking in livestock barns or show rings.
  — Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2023
• But if the same wolves attack his livestock again, the wolf reintroduction plan gives him permission to kill them.
  — Anna Kramer, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• People shot, trapped, and poisoned them in the US to make way for livestock and other development.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2023
• Among other donations, the group is looking for heavy equipment to help bury the deceased livestock.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Road signs marked with black silhouettes warned of wayward livestock.
  — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
• All of the ship’s livestock is discovered slaughtered, their necks ripped open by horrific bites.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
• Farmhouses appeared on hills, sheds and outbuildings nestled in behind them, the fields bare of livestock now in the dead of winter.
  — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• About $60 billion a year is generated in crops and livestock.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
• The main reason for the ‘not enough’ illusion is the amount lost due to food waste and the quantity of cereals and soya fed to livestock, whether chickens, cows or crickets.
  — Philip Lymbery, Time, 27 July 2023
• Its method: Unite the area’s farmers, livestock breeders, traders, researchers, business leaders and youths.
  — Tom Watkins, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Although there is a lot of support for bears in the region, attacks on livestock and people can undermine it.
  — Jim Robbins John Stember, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• Research how much land is required for livestock to thrive—most small animals like goats or chickens can live on an acre of land.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 22 Apr. 2023
• In general, deer catch EHD while livestock catch blue tongue, but deer can also contract blue tongue in rare instances.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 6 May 2024