How to Use domestic animal in a Sentence

domestic animal

noun
  • The pathogen leads to mild sickness in the domestic animals, but can be lethal to bighorns.
    — Andy Porter, The Seattle Times, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Aldicarb has been used to poison both wild and domestic animals.
    — Alexander Braczkowski, National Geographic, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The bugs can feed on people, domestic animals and wildlife.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • These bugs can feed on people, domestic animals and wildlife.
    — Greta Cross, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • These bugs can feed on people, domestic animals and wildlife.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The problem is when the virus spills over to domestic animals or humans.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Many domestic animals, such as pigs, horses, and chickens, have been bred to sport wavy locks.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2019
  • The 26-year-old man who was arrested faces charges of theft of a domestic animal.
    — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The insects can feed on people, domestic animals and wildlife.
    — Greta Cross, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Do not go near wildlife or domestic animals that are acting in a strange or unusual manner.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Do not go near wildlife or domestic animals that are acting in a strange or unusual manner.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Do not go near wildlife or domestic animals that are acting in a strange or unusual manner.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Wildlife and domestic animals, such as dogs, are also known to contract the disease.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The dog was the first domestic animal in the state to test positive for the coronavirus.
    — Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 13 Apr. 2021
  • If a pack of coyotes happens on the set between daily trap checks, that domestic animal doesn’t have a chance.
    — Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Other state symbols include the state dance, the polka, and the state domestic animal, the dairy cow.
    — Hope Karnopp, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2021
  • About half were found on domestic animals, and most were discovered during the summer months.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023
  • Among non-domestic animals, bees, wasps and hornets present the greatest danger.
    — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The dog is one of the two most ubiquitous and most popular domestic animals in the world (the cat is the other).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The agency advises people to avoid contact with dead or sick birds, and to keep domestic animals away.
    — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
  • John, 58, was charged with two felonies for killing a domestic animal and for obstruction of justice.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Ticks get the illness by biting infected deer, mice, birds, or domestic animals.
    — Susan Bromley, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Priestas, of Hammond, was arrested this month and charged with two counts of killing a domestic animal.
    — Fox News, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The father has been charged with killing a domestic animal, while his son was charged in connection with discarding one of the dogs' bodies.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Conditions for reindeer were good in the nineteen-twenties, swelling the herds to half a million domestic animals.
    — Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Whether working with domestic animals, wildlife, or in animal welfare, life and death are always right around the corner.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2019
  • For years, scientists have tried to understand what allowed domestic animals, like rabbits, to thrive in the wild.
    — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 27 June 2024
  • Short, though, remembers the outbreak in the Keys among domestic animals and Key deer.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
  • The harsh reality is, domestic animals can run and hide in an emergency, but these stickers can help pets get rescued.
    — Heloise, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Most of those strategies rely on non-lethal means, such as taking steps to protect domestic animals and wildlife, such as deer and wild turkeys, that coyotes prey on.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 5 Mar. 2018

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