- present participle of milk.
milking
Example Sentences
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“Sometimes you lose because the cow kicked off the milking machine. Something just happens,” he said.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
“But he said no cows. He might have been traumatized by the early mornings and milking twice a day.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
Bean to Kohl’s KSS -3.23%decrease; red down pointing triangle are milking the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Podcasting can be a great business if you’re good at it, but I’m not sure anyone has ever been this adept at milking shareholder value out of a pair of mics.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026
Running a farm is terrible hard work—plowing and hoeing and milking cows and such and being out in the fields all by yourself with nobody to talk to all day long.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
