good breeding
Example Sentences
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Poor sanitation in some densely populated urban areas was a good breeding ground for cholera, he said.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024
Michael Billington of The Guardian, reviewing her there, wrote, “Carlin Glynn endows the madam with the refined good breeding and slight romantic forlornness of the head of a very classy, fee-paying American girls’ school.”
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023
The population of New Zealand's kakapo, an endangered flightless parrot, has increased 25% in the last year to 252 birds following a good breeding season and success with artificial insemination, the conservation department said Tuesday.
From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2022
In part, that’s because Elizabeth Ann is likely to have just a few good breeding years, and annual litters average only three to five kits.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 13, 2022
But Booth’s filthy clothes, unshaven face, and pungent body could not conceal his obvious good breeding.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
