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Example sentences for "graze"

Lexicographically close words:
grayne; grayness; grays; graystone; graywacke; grazed; grazes; grazier; graziers; grazing
  1. The lion and the libbard and the bear Graze with the fearless flocks.

  2. The twelve brothers kept out of sight behind the enemy; and when they had rested and turned out their horses to graze all went to sleep except Niezguinek, who kept watch without closing an eye.

  3. The eldest rode on, and never stopped until he reached the top of a high mountain; there he dismounted, and let his horse graze while he ate his breakfast.

  4. This was a vast plain on the banks of the Rio del Norte, where the wild horses were accustomed to graze at this season.

  5. Don Miguel advanced rapidly at the favourite pace of the Mexican jinetes, and which consists in making the horse raise its front legs, while the hind ones almost graze the ground--a peculiar sort of amble which is very gentle and rapid.

  6. Lucy unsaddled Sarchedon and turned him loose to graze while Slone went out after Wildfire.

  7. He found a water-hole at the head of a wash in a split in the walls, and here he let Nagger rest and graze one whole day--the first day for a long time that he had not kept the red stallion in sight.

  8. And he began to graze on the same stretch with Nagger.

  9. The packs were slipped from Choko and he, with the other mounts, were hobbled and left to graze on the buffalo grass in the clearing.

  10. We'll stop at the first good Park and let them graze for an hour or two.

  11. The vicar is likewise generally sure to find upon his admittance to his living, a convenient house and barn in repair, with a garden, and a field or two to graze a few cows, and one horse for himself and his wife.

  12. He hath a house and barn in repair, a field or two to graze his cows, with a garden and orchard.

  13. Some put away the lofty chariot, take the bits from the mouths of the toil-freed horses and turn them out to graze in their accustomed pastures.

  14. Then the oxen are outspanned and allowed to graze and rest during the heat of the day, while the travelers cook, eat, and rest.

  15. We were obliged to stop on the way and let the donkeys graze and eat, and did not reach the hills proper until afternoon.

  16. Northwest where they have been "hewers of wood and drawers of water," where they have turned the sod of far stretching acres towards the sun and where their cattle graze upon a thousand hills.

  17. The saddles were left where they were, and the horses allowed to graze and wander at will.

  18. Blanco Diablo was the only horse in the field that was not free to roam and graze where he listed.

  19. He loved four things--his master, a long drink of cool water, to graze at will, and to run.

  20. After that he removed the halter from Blanco Sol, intending to leave him free to graze for a while.

  21. Another plan adopted is to graze them on a field of other grazing, located, if possible, beside the alfalfa field, until after the dew has lifted, and then to open the gate into the alfalfa pasture.

  22. In other instances it may be necessary to follow with some kind of a crop that has much power to gather plant food, as corn of some hardy variety, and to graze or otherwise feed it from the land.

  23. Like other succulent pastures, it tends too much to induce laxness in the bowels with horses which graze it, without any dry fodder supplement.

  24. These two varieties being essentially biennial in their habit of growth will not usually survive the second winter, even though not grazed, hence not to graze them would result in a loss of the pasture.

  25. Cattle injure alfalfa less than other animals when they graze upon it, as they do not crop it too closely; swine injure it more, if the grazing is constant.

  26. But in some instances so great is the growth of the clover plants that not to graze them down in part at least would incur the danger of smothering many of the plants, especially in regions where the snowfall is at all considerable.

  27. The animals which then graze on these pastures must take other food with the clover.

  28. They do not usually graze it closely after it has been well started, owing to the woody character of the stems.

  29. They should never be turned in to graze upon alfalfa when hungry.

  30. Cattle do not graze quite so closely as sheep, which is so far favorable to subsequent growth.

  31. They went on down and camped, and turned their horses loose to graze while dinner was being gotten.

  32. After this he was regularly led out to graze by a man who trained him, by pulling the nose rope, to go in one direction or another.

  33. When thus led out to graze the sambur sometimes remained behind, but seemed to have no difficulty in finding the bull even though it had been taken to a considerable distance.

  34. In cases of extremity, when the herbage is scarce and the camels give little milk, the Touaricks of Ghat will drive their camels to graze as far as Aheer, or even to Soudan.

  35. On arriving at Ghat, all the merchants send their camels to graze in these places.

  36. On encamping, the camels are allowed to stray and graze an hour or two, and are then brought up to the encampment for the night, the drivers cutting a little herbage for them to eat during the night, or in the morning before starting.

  37. The camels are tied one after another, held together by strings in their nose, and they are not allowed to graze during the march, like the camels of Arabs.

  38. It was decided that it should be doctored and left to graze until a Targhee was sent from Ghat for it.

  39. All this time Ayesha stood silent, for she also had dismounted, that the mare she rode and her two led horses might graze with the others.

  40. We unsaddled the horses and let them refresh themselves by rolling on the sandy soil, and graze after a fashion upon the coarse tufts of withering herbage which grew around.

  41. A while before dawn the moon sank behind the Mountain, and the gloom grew so dense that we were forced to stop, which we did, holding the horses by their bridles and allowing them to graze a little on some young corn.

  42. Ber having planted hemp along the common road, Thun sent his cattle to graze there, and went himself on horseback so that his mount might trample the plant down.

  43. I unsaddled my horse in order to let it graze in peace until the morning.

  44. These animals are not well prepared for fighting, and experience has taught them that their greatest safety is in flight, and so, when they graze or sleep, sentinels are always on the look-out for enemies.

  45. Sheep, when walking on a hillside, invariably graze on the upper side, as they cannot reach the lower grass.

  46. Bulls were let loose in his honour and allowed to graze where they would, and formerly a good Hindu would not even sell a bull, though this rule has fallen into abeyance.

  47. The animal is predestined for sacrifice from its birth, and is allowed to wander loose and graze on the crops at its will.

  48. They are also very fond of dacoity and often proceed on expeditions, their victims being usually travellers, or the Ahirs who bring large herds of cattle to graze in the Sarguja forests.

  49. They need but take one step to crush the towers and bastions of the mightiest fortress in the dust, and yet they walk so warily as not even to graze the tiny ant they meet upon their path.

  50. Kara Makan, who was holding a huge concave buckler in front of him, and felt a third bullet pierce through the twofold layers of buffalo-hide and graze his body.

  51. Then all thoughts were turned from reverence To a plate of beef and beans, As we graze on beef and biscuits Like yearlings on the range.

  52. Oh, I love these wild flowers in this dear land of ours, The curlew I love to hear scream, And I love the white rocks and the antelope flocks That graze on the mountain-tops green.

  53. He was going to graze the sheep along Comanche Creek, downstream, on the right-hand side; he would bring them back not very wide of the same course.

  54. We came to what looked like an old road grown up with soft green grass, and it was so fresh and tender I let Canello graze along at will; while keeping my eyes on the brush for chewinks.

  55. As soon as I dismounted he would put his head down to have me slip the reins off over his ears, so that he could graze by himself.

  56. I threw the reins on his neck, thinking that if he put his head down to graze he might make a discovery.

  57. Turning Billy in the direction of the sound, I threw his reins on his neck to induce him to graze along the way and give our presence a more casual air, while I looked up indifferently as if to survey the landscape.

  58. The days had been pleasure since his master had decided to allow him to graze all day long instead of asking him to gallop over the plains.

  59. The Free State farmers, who graze their sheep and cattle upon Natal soil during the winter, had driven them off to places of safety behind the line of the Drakensberg.


  60. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "graze" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abrade; bark; board; breath; browse; brush; bunt; caress; carom; chafe; chuck; contact; crop; dine; erase; erode; feed; feel; feeling; file; fillip; flick; flip; flirt; fodder; forage; fray; fret; gall; glance; gnaw; grass; grate; gratify; graze; grind; hit; impinge; kiss; lap; lick; mess; nudge; pasture; peck; pick; provision; rake; rap; rasp; raze; regale; ricochet; rub; ruffle; satisfy; scour; scrape; scratch; scrub; shave; skim; skin; skip; skirt; snap; stroke; sustain; sweep; tap; tickle; tip; touch; touching; wear; whisk; whisper