heifer

Example Sentences

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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

Under strict circumstances in England - but not in Wales - the slaughter process can be delayed if a cow or heifer is in the last 60 days of pregnancy.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

Back home, he rose before the sun that 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 always hate to have to tie up a heifer to break her for milking. But I guess there’s no other way with this one.”

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson