How to Use udder in a Sentence

udder

noun
  • For one thing, they’ve been bred to have longer and wider udders, rather than deep ones.
    — Maureen O’Hagan, Quartz, 24 June 2019
  • This makes the kids friendlier and spares mom’s udders a lot of wear-and-tear.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Sometimes the runts need help getting to a sow’s udder for milk.
    — Adam Belz, Star Tribune, 15 Aug. 2020
  • The shortest razor is used on the cow's udders.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For those still stuck at the cow’s udder, though, this resource-saving jug is just the thing.
    — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2010
  • Cow udders may offer one venue for such a hybrid virus to develop.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Perform in a cow suit, complete with udder, and feel completely at home?
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019
  • In their garden, the mayor found the couple’s cow, its udders unmilked in days.
    — New York Times, 15 July 2019
  • This includes when people are working near udders and raw milk, since that’s where virus traces are highest.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
  • To avoid milk going bad, some babies were held to animals' udders to suckle.
    — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018
  • The virus homes in on the udders of milking cows, and studies have found high concentrations of bird flu virus in raw milk.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • An udder and nipples are among the anatomical evidence that this is a female.
    — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Worse, in searing memory, cows with their hooves, udder and even legs burned off still alive who had to be euthanized.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Their eyes are a liquid brown, their noses inquisitive, their udders homely; small children thrill to their moo.
    — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Even so, experts say bacteria can still contaminate milk — even when procured from a sparkling-clean udder.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • No This funny cow costume is great for a dog with flat ears that can wear the headpiece and who won’t mind the udder attached to the belly strap.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Before milking, a unit extends under the cow and cleans her udder; tubes carry the milk to a refrigerator.
    — Peter Landers, WSJ, 6 May 2018
  • Unlike other supermarket staples that can halt the factory line when the market shifts, cows can’t just turn off their udders.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
  • The virus also homes in on the udders of milking cows, and studies have found high concentrations of bird flu virus in milk that is raw or unpasteurized.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Martin dips Reba’s udders in a solution to disinfect them.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The goats needed to be milked every 12 hours or their udders would become painfully swollen and possibly infected.
    — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Gabriel Soto addresses animal agriculture with a painting of a cow whose udders leak an endless stream of milk.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Typically, the milking process has standards to wipe down udders and equipment before milking begins.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Astronaut’s female descendants are prized for their udder quality and the high butterfat content of their milk.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 July 2018
  • Another remedy for consumption was for the ill person to go to the barn before dawn, lie under a cow and receive the milk directly from the udder.
    — Kitty Leshay, Courant Community, 14 June 2017
  • Judges want udders as full as possible, so the animal's milking schedule is closely coordinated to align with show time.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Then with a little nudging, the clumsy newborn finds the udder bulging between the cow’s back legs and hungrily suckles colostrum so critical for its first feeding.
    — Susan Koch, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • The steady pulsing of milking machines mingled with a thumping musical beat as McAfee marched down the rows, pointing to their light pink udders.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 9 June 2026
  • The steady pulsing of milking machines mingled with a thumping musical beat as McAfee marched down the rows, pointing to their light pink udders.
    — CNN Money, 14 June 2026
  • The virus targets the mammary gland's milk-secreting epithelial cells, causing painful infections in the udder.
    — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2025

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