heifer

Example Sentences

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The heifer has now been returned home, and is said to be "fit and well".

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

His brother, David Workman, killed in a fall off a cliff as he rode a mule in the dark in search of a lost heifer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Back home later in the week, he rose before the sun on Saturday to help his daughter load a 1,000-pound heifer named Iris into a cattle trailer.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2022

She paid her way through college by raising and selling a herd of eight milk cows, yearlings and heifer calves.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2022

I thought of all the trouble it would be, having to tie up that Spot heifer, head and feet, twice a day, every day, for maybe a month or more.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson