chew the cud
Example Sentences
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She said it was "so lovely that anybody would bother to come up and chew the cud with you for a while"
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
From London, Rabaiotti said methane emissions from cattle are belch-focused because the gas is produced near the start of their digestive system and comes up when they regurgitate their food to chew the cud.
From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2019
They chew the cud and swallow it again.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
I didn't sign for Bristol City to chew the cud and be put out to pasture for the last few years of my football career.
From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2010
The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
