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Example sentences for "overstocking"

Lexicographically close words:
overstepping; oversteps; overstimulated; overstock; overstocked; overstrain; overstrained; overstraining; overstrung; overstuffed
  1. These men are not willing to work every day, however, since the tautog and other fishing calls their attention, and there is danger of overstocking the market.

  2. Indeed, the latest news from all Australia was that it had let it alone very badly, and that the overstocking of stations during the preceding good seasons had led to enormous losses.

  3. Sheepfarmers made such large profits in good seasons that they were apt to calculate that it was worth while to run the risk of drought; but experience has shown that overstocking does not really pay.

  4. There has never been any loss of cattle from cold, but many have died from drought as a result of overstocking the range.

  5. Because of the prolonged droughts that prevail in the range country and the overstocking of the range these plants are in danger of being exterminated and, if the conditions do not soon change, of becoming extinct.

  6. That neither of these reasons will account for the change, I shall prove more at length, in my remarks on Honey, and when I discuss the question of overstocking a district with bees.

  7. He often speaks of regions being stocked with animal life to their full capacity, and from that overstocking he infers the necessity of competition.


  8. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overstocking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.