hay

Example Sentences

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That matters because successful investors make hay while the sun shines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"You're ideally looking to cut those mid-late July into August, but you can't be sure that you're going to have the weather to actually win it in good quality hay."

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

He learned the ropes early and spent his childhood cleaning grain bins, baling hay and feeding the livestock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

"From cutting hay to feeding the cattle to maintaining equipment, maintaining staff, feed, everything has gone up," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

She spoke of the maidenhair fern, with its striking black stems, and the hay-scented fern that smelled, remarkably, like hay.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood