How to Use piglet in a Sentence

piglet

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  • But boars, sows and piglets have been spotted up and down the road.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Piglets will race around a track to squeal their way to the finish line.
    Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 July 2017
  • Rustle up the kids to see piglets, chicks, lambs and more kids (the goat kind) at these three farm trail stops.
    David Ferry, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Hanging out with swans and adorable piglets in a lush garden.
    Meagan Fredette, Teen Vogue, 22 May 2019
  • For all the things the Detroit Red Wings are doing well, their piggy bank is a piglet.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2021
  • There, piglets and tiger cubs are put together in cages.
    Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2019
  • In the long-running event at the fair, youngsters chased and tried to capture piglets weighing 40 to 60 pounds.
    USA TODAY, 22 July 2019
  • Pigs have three litters a year and can have between eight and 11 piglets in a litter.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The farm can now proceed with its plans to breed Ethel, promising the first piglet will be named Laura.
    Steve Hartman, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Inside, the air is filled with the sound of snorting, grunting, squealing pigs and piglets.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
  • On a farm stay, guests might have the option to stargaze, enjoy outdoor sports, or see piglets birthed.
    Liz Tracy, Vox, 11 July 2019
  • For days everyone eats sausages, and the streets are filled with the cries of newborn piglets, the makings of Christmas sausages to come.
    Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 22 July 2019
  • Reaching into a pen, the group’s leader helps to free one squealing piglet whose foot is caught in the grate.
    Wired, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The local hunter has been told not to shoot the piglet – nicknamed Frieda – and in winter Stapel plans to put it in the shed with the mother cows.
    USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The cloned embryos were then implanted in a sow that gave birth to piglets with the genetic changes.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Sometimes an inmate has to stay up all night tending a sick piglet or calf.
    Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
  • The images are a crisp black-and-white, each downy strand of fuzz on each piglet rendered hyper-real and sharp.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2021
  • But what if a piglet not only sees but understands what the farmer has done to his momma?
    Tom Shippey, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Rey sits with some piglet-like young creatures and watches a puppet show.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2019
  • The piglet reacts to Cromwell's song by squealing, then lying on Cromwell's lap and falling asleep.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Gunda, the mother pig of the title, cares for her adorably fuzzy and tussling newborn piglets.
    Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Tiny piglets covered in birth fluid and blood stumble around on the metal grate floors.
    Wired, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Afterward, Blatt chose eight-grade teacher Kyle McLaren to also plant a kiss on the piglet.
    Yadira Sanchez Olson, Lake County News-Sun, 21 Apr. 2018
  • In keeping with Cromwell's beloved 1995 film about a piglet who learns to herd sheep, the little fella has been christened Babe.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Squealing newborn piglets were passed around to hold for photo ops.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The bystander asked for, and was granted custody of, the piglet, Dorson said in a social media post.
    Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But—spoiler alert—the piglet and pup hit it off surprisingly well.
    Rori Kotch, Country Living, 16 July 2015
  • Five-week-old piglets take a speedy lap around a mini racetrack for the reward of an Oreo cookie at the finish line.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
  • Slices of piglet stuffed with herbs and slowly cooked on the spit are bound in a delicate chestnut crepe that’s topped with raw onions and lime — a racy foil to the rich pork.
    Washington Post, 18 May 2022
  • The video then switched to Emme giggling while holding some piglets before the camera turned to Max sitting down with a friend for some food.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024

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