piglet

Example Sentences

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Today, that piglet is Tucker—a 200-pound porker who has outgrown the family bathroom, shredded a couch and required the installation of heavy-duty horse panels to keep him from escaping the yard of his Arizona home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

It was the only tennis match to start with a piglet being handed over to one of the competitors - but this was no ordinary match.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

The phrase “Balls to the Walz” was everywhere, as were pictures of the Minnesota governor nestling a piglet in his arms with a beaming smile.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2024

A photo of him beaming while holding a piglet checked the state fair campaign stop box, the difference being that he looks genuinely ecstatic to be cuddling it.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024

She clenched her teeth at its preciousness, lovely as a young calf, a piglet, a little dog.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston