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
• In the past few years, a handful of wolves have wandered down from Wyoming and killed livestock.
  — Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
• And if one of his livestock dogs get out, will a jumpy officer shoot it?
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
• Now, these tiny creatures are the fastest-growing type of livestock in the country.
  — Jacob Knutson, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
• Will there be livestock on display at the Harvest Fair?
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2023
• The issue is on the rise due to the misuse of antibiotics in both humans and livestocks.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
• In the parched north of the country, rivers are running dry and millions of livestock have perished due to lack of food.
  — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2023
• Scores of livestock and other animals have died in the weeks since the toxic fumes spread through the small town.
  — Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 19 Feb. 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
• Since this is in Cowtown, much of the property can be used for livestock.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 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
• Without it, farmers wouldn’t have the means to keep their livestock alive and water their plants.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 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
• Wooden poles on the first floor bear worn spots believed to be from ropes where livestock was tied when the structure was a dairy barn.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2024
• The change was the most noticeable in areas with high livestock numbers.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
• Dogs keep cheetahs away from livestock, which means they aren't killed by farmers.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 May 2024
• At four dairies, some of the employees were reported to have their own livestock at home.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
• But the wild dogs are known to attack other animals, such as cats and small livestock.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2024
• 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
• There is only one other site in the city with a roof of that craftsmanship, the livestock show barn at the Arizona State Fairgrounds.
  — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
• But elsewhere in the state wolves are still often reviled as predators and a threat to the livestock industry.
  — Caitlin Tan, NPR, 1 June 2024
• The Ohio Department of Agriculture said the risk to livestock remains low.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Feb. 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
• Before long, things escalate and cause further suspicion, when many more of Michael’s livestock are badly maimed, leaving him to put them down, one by one.
  — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Sep. 2024
• However, these areas offer less and less forage for all animals (livestock and wildlife) due to the intensive livestock grazing…For the future of this area and the people, difficult decisions are on the horizon.
  — Christine Ro, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024