- present participle of milk.
milking
Example Sentences
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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
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
"If we haven't got good quality first-cut silage in then the cows are not going to be milking and that's going to have an impact on the profits," he added.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
And they soon embraced mechanized milking and the feedlot model to up their yield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
Jaya pressed a button on the side of the milking parlor and the door hummed open.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
