- present participle of milk.
milking
Example Sentences
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“Sometimes you lose because the cow kicked off the milking machine. Something just happens,” he said.
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
With the afternoon sun beating down while the cows snort and moo, the workers inspect and clean the animals' teats, which are then attached to milking equipment.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
The stories of her dressing as a shepherdess and milking the royal cows are probably no truer than the claim that she said, “Let them eat brioche.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
She found an old milking stool that had been discarded, and she placed the stool in the sheepfold next to Wilbur’s pen.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
