How to Use manure in a Sentence

manure

noun
  • The air was thick with the scents of grass and mint and manure.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The smell of sweet milk hung in the air, mixed with the earthy musk of manure.
    — CNN Money, 14 June 2026
  • The smell of sweet milk hung in the air, mixed with the earthy musk of manure.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 9 June 2026
  • As dear old dad used to say, after (manure), that comes next.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • City street cleaners had once picked up horse manure, so wasn’t this their job?
    — Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The guy who did win brought in a truckload of manure, the truck bed filled to the brim.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The smell of manure and dirt wafted in the humid air.
    — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • The spores can be found in soil, dust and animal manure.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • The car ended up high-centered on the edge of the manure pile.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 21 June 2026
  • Food waste produces about three times the methane that manure does.
    — Jeff Kart, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • But horse manure happens, y'all.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Amend the planting site with aged manure or compost.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
  • With each footstep, the scent of grass or horse manure wafted through the air.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • This is a fresh pile of marketing manure.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Tetanus bacteria live in soil and manure.
    — Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The horse ranchers need to get rid of the manure and the tree trimmers need to pay to dump the mulch.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Keep the plant three or more feet from the home and prepare the ground with compost, peat moss or manure.
    — Tom MacKlin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Horse manure plops onto the asphalt, and no one blinks or scrunches their nose.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Changes in manure, often reported to be dry or tacky.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Amend heavier soil with compost, manure, or sand to improve drainage.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Use of animal manures and human waste to boost crops goes back even further in time.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
  • For each rose, dig a hole up to two feet around and deep, then mix in a bag of manure or organic compost.
    — Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The road was often pockmarked with muddy tractor tracks and clumps of hay and manure.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • The aging compost is made from layers of garden scraps, food waste and manure.
    — Brett Anderson Adam Riding, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • After all, Orlando has walked through horse manure to get to this point.
    — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023
  • One of the most common examples involves the use of manure.
    — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
  • No amendments like fertilizer or manure should be added to the hole.
    — Larry Figart, Florida Times-Union, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The smell of dirt, hay and horse manure permeated the building.
    — Chris Torres, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The smell of dirt, hay and horse manure permeated the building.
    — Chris Torres, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2026
  • People didn’t keep compost piles and didn’t have have access to horses’ manure.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2022

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