How to Use swine in a Sentence

swine

noun
  • Most of the time, having feral swine around is a bad thing for hunters.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Copper, row crops and swine are still around their highest prices in years.
    — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 27 June 2021
  • The sea swine, for instance, had four dragon’s feet and an eye in its navel.
    — Tom Fort, WSJ, 28 July 2017
  • By law, swine that are trapped in Alabama must be killed on site.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 15 May 2022
  • Culling swine is one of the main ways officials hope to curb the disease.
    — The Economist, 20 June 2019
  • The men are enticed into the house by Circe’s singing and turned into swine.
    — Martin Aitken, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • But what sort of capitalist swine wouldn’t give his eyeteeth for one?
    — John Brownlee, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2006
  • Logan is Circe, turning sailors to swine—speaks to their power.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2019
  • So far, feral swine can be found in eight of Ohio's 88 counties.
    — Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024
  • What better time for a little movie about a man, a swine and the unbearable weight of grief?
    — Sara Stewart, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
  • My friends’ obsession with all things swine still shows no signs of slowing down, either.
    — Keith Pandolfi, Good Housekeeping, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But in recent days, players have noticed that the swine that greets them now touts a golden crown.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
  • For example, there are flus that occur in dogs, plus pig — or swine — flu viruses.
    — Mike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The rise of the feral hog has been a steady process with inbreeding of various breeds of swine.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Minnesota is among the states trying to prevent the swine from taking hold.
    — CBS News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • As prices soar, the government is trying to induce farmers to raise more swine.
    — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 6 Oct. 2019
  • In the show arena, there will be the Junior Fair swine show, dog show, open beef show and more.
    — Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 26 July 2021
  • Among those is a program to gun down pigs from helicopters as the swine scurry through open marshes and fields.
    — Sammy Fretwell, charlotteobserver, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Thomson said hundreds of swine were stolen from a hog farm over a period of time last year — a crime that hasn’t been solved.
    — Tom McGhee, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2017
  • Back then, the sector focused on drugs that helped cattle and swine survive long enough to make slaughter weight.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • By Friday morning, all swine was removed from the fairgrounds.
    — Mariel Padilla, Cincinnati.com, 14 July 2017
  • Animal farming with pigs and birds has led to the pandemics of swine and bird influenzas.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • Many species of truffles attract a range of animals, but the ones that humans like to eat evolved to attract swine.
    — Eugenia Bone, WSJ, 10 July 2019
  • Feral swine are now 90 percent of his business; the rest is domestic pork.
    — Janet McConnaughey, The Seattle Times, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The more recent swine flu, while less fatal, has been traced back to pigs raised for food in North America.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
  • The death toll may be up to 10, which leaves eight or nine of the famous swine remaining—only a handful of which are adults.
    — Delaney Chambers, National Geographic, 4 Mar. 2017
  • The people who were sickened, who ranged from 2- to 43-years-old, had contact with cattle, swine, goats and sheep.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Nestled in the lower left corner was Hog Island, its northern edge curved like the back of a great swine.
    — David Garczynski, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Visitors can attend shows for cattle, swine, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys and poultry.
    — Brayden Garcia january 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The pig was sighted on Shenandoah Road, where neighbors shot video of the unbelievably swift swine.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 29 Sep. 2022

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