How to Use breeding in a Sentence

breeding

noun
  • She became involved in the breeding of sled dogs.
  • His politeness shows good breeding.
  • But plant breeding is a long game.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For the spaceflight, the breeding had to be timed just right.
    — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Teemu's breeding days are likely not over.
    — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Teemu’s breeding days are likely not over.
    — Amanda Swinhart, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And then with the breeding females.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The horse can make more money in the breeding shed than racing.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The key is to locate and clean their breeding sites, Dellinger says.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
  • The big surprise, though, had come at the end of the breeding season.
    — Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Each year at least some snowies fly south from their Arctic breeding grounds.
    — Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Even where breeding still thrives, many of our best horses get shipped overseas.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026
  • One poor call won’t spook an aggressive breeding tom.
    — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Even a half-acre, or even quarter-acre of cover can hold a breeding pair of deer.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Hooting this time of the year can also be a prelude to breeding.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Three can be found at the zoo, which has had a successful breeding program.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2021
  • But the birds came back to life thanks to China’s support for breeding.
    — ABC News, 31 May 2026
  • While the heard is insured, the ranch would lose the advantage of years of breeding.
    — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 19 Dec. 2022
  • But that happened so early that breeding was largely a bust.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Young bucks may do a small amount of the breeding, if a doe falls into their lap, but few will work hard to find one.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The more races a horse wins, the greater its value when breeding and the value of its offspring.
    — Ray Walia, Cpa, Cma, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Maps like this can help speed up breeding and growth of a plant that is a promising source of biofuel.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Morobe sired two daughters as part of a breeding program.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The tiny foundling — so small the women could scoop it up by hand — means that there is at least one breeding pair in the area.
    — Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But Bao Li and Qing Bao have not reached breeding age yet.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
  • As part of the breeding program, he will be replaced by two young gorillas in the spring.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Zoo officials say the park didn’t have a viable breeding pair of the monkeys for many years.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Derek Gow wants his farm to be a breeding colony, a seedbed for a denuded island.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The other two are off-exhibit and are a future breeding pair, zoo staff said.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In the spring, the birds return northward in time for breeding and nesting seasons.
    — Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024

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