Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

milk

[milk] / mɪlk /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Starbucks has been winning back customers with changes that range from bringing back the condiment bar to getting rid of a surcharge for nondairy milk.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

A long-established commercial dairy industry has led to pasteurised milk being very popular, particularly in urban areas, with Kenyans ranked among Africa's highest consumers, according to industry data.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose blowing are winners of Ig Nobel prizes.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

I’d get a black coffee with a tiny bit of milk or a horchata-based coffee and we’ll just shop for produce.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

“But thank you for the milk for Patch.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Driving the interest are several fast-proliferating chains that offer probiotic-rich yogurts made with cultured milks that contain healthy bacteria.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Don’t have a lot, and please don’t put milks and stuff in it.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 20, 2026

Drinks high in sugar can include fizzy sodas, energy drinks, sweetened juices, squashes, sweetened tea and coffee, and flavored milks.

From Science Daily Feb. 18, 2026

It will also now cover milk substitutes - plant-based drinks like soya, oat and rice milks with added sugar.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2025

A young Dinka boy milks a cow near his home in Sudan.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

Over the weekend, a supremely happy-seeming Dudamel, before heading to the New York Philharmonic in a couple weeks, milked the thanks in a back-to-the-Bowl, four-night blowout.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

At Kurlender's farm, work has continued largely as normal, with dozens of cows lining up to be milked at midday.

From Barron's Mar. 18, 2026

Now, as the cows line up to be milked, workers check each one for symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2026

All the while, Cook has milked the iPhone ecosystem for more revenue each year, selling apps, subscriptions and App Store ads, and squeezing bigger payments from Google.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 1, 2025

“I milked more in the field. Put it in the cellar, will you?”

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

The cows like it too, it seems, and crucially, they linger in the milking parlour, clearly cool and relaxed.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Eager to keep showing me his farm’s serious approach to pathogens, McAfee ushered me into his truck to see the milking of his cows.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

“He’s a Google insider milking Polymarket for quick money,” Jeong, a blockchain engineer, wrote on X. “It’s one of the wildest things I’ve seen on the platform.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Podcasting can be a great business if you’re good at it, but I’m not sure anyone has ever been this adept at milking shareholder value out of a pair of mics.

From Slate Apr. 7, 2026

Dad had a contract to build a milking barn in Oneida County, about twenty miles from Buck’s Peak, so Shawn puttered around the yard, adjusting schematics and measuring I-beams.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




Vocabulary lists containing milk


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training