How to Use bottle-feed in a Sentence

bottle-feed

verb
  • The zoo shared a photo of you bottle-feeding a sloth?
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The kittens are currently being bottle-fed and cared for at her home.
    — Ryan Brennan april 16, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Djena bottle-fed him and kept him entertained.
    — Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • The other puppy, Showgirl, is a chow chow and rottweiler mix who was bottle-fed from two days old.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The kittens were estimated to be three or four weeks old at the time of rescue — still young enough to require bottle-feeding and constant care.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
  • When Ellison arrived, twelve years ago, he was put to work bottle-feeding the calves and transitioning them to grain.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The kittens were estimated to be three or four weeks old at the time of rescue — still requiring bottle-feeding and constant care.
    — Ryan Brennan april 16, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The woman has since adopted the kitten—who turned out to be a boy—and shared sweet updates, including videos of him being tenderly bottle-fed.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Newton responded to the call personally, and the kittens are currently being bottle-fed and cared for at her home.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Louie now enjoys life in New York City surrounded by toys from friends and family, is bottle-fed every five hours.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Available in a variety of fun prints and styles, Boppy’s cover is still machine washable and continues to accommodate breast and bottle-fed babes.
    — Pamela Brill, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Wildlife rehabbers know this, which is why bottle-feeding a fawn is generally treated as a last resort, done with gloves, silence and minimal eye contact whenever possible.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • There’s constant cleaning, shuffling and mewling as staff and volunteers at the Papago Park Campus make sure the kittens are bottle-fed every four hours, 24 hours a day.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • How Animal Lovers Can Help For readers who have ever bottle-fed a baby animal, comforted a frightened pet or simply paused to watch a deer step out of the woods at dusk, Forest’s story is a familiar kind of heartbreak — and a familiar kind of hope.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026

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