How to Use cud in a Sentence

cud

noun
  • Giraffes eat most of the time and, like cows, regurgitate food and chew it as cud.
    — National Geographic, 15 Apr. 2017
  • Did the ox clack its hooves together, or chew its cud rhythmically?
    — Dave Barry, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2019
  • For now, the sheep and ram are lying in the Hannahs' fenced backyard, chewing their cud.
    — Kelsey Lindsey, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 Sep. 2017
  • On a steady platform, their research concluded, heifers likely won't spew their cud.
    — Laura Mallonee, Wired, 18 Feb. 2020
  • The snouts of cud-chewing mammals come in a glorious variety of shapes.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2016
  • Cows lie down not only to catch their approximately four hours of sleep per day but also to rest and chew their cud.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026
  • His system, unlike Ida, doesn't track cud-chewing or use AI to tell him which cows to watch or what to do.
    — Drew Harwell, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Much of that is enteric methane, which is produced when cud-chewing animals like cows digest their food.
    — Fortune, 2 June 2021
  • Not infrequently, giraffes looking at us would lick their lips with their 18-inch tongues—not in any expressive way, just as a byproduct of cud-chewing.
    — Alex Shoumatoff, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • The machine’s calmly rotating auger is reminiscent of a cow’s consistent cud chewing.
    — The Hunger Coalition, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • That was when his team showed that BovB in cows and other cud-chewing mammals is most similar to the versions in pythons and vipers—and likely descended from them.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2017
  • And the new study has revealed that chewing the cud has benefits beyond nourishment—the repetitive process also helps the animal reap the mental benefits of sleep.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
  • By monitoring the reindeer’s brain activity, Furrer and colleagues found that the animals were able to sleep while stoically chewing their cud.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The two largest rams were lying down, seemingly enjoying their cuds and the panorama of Bear Canyon and the rugged San Andres Mountains that stretched beyond them.
    — Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025

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