How to Use breed in a Sentence

breed

1 of 2 verb

• The plants are bred to resist disease and drought.
• He got into the business of breeding cattle.
• She believes that we are breeding a generation of children who know nothing about the history of their country.
• The fates of dogs—bred and adapted to work, play, and lounge at our side—are tied to ours.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2023
• In springtime, sows kick young males out of their dens so the females can breed again.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• The red-wingeds will disperse north and into large and small wetlands to breed.
  — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Sand flies are a fourth of the size of mosquitoes and do not need standing water to breed.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023
• The frogs likely breed between April and May, researchers said.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• The three younger ones were split into breeding pairs, one of which was paired with the older female.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
• They were even reported to be breeding in North Dakota in the 1970s.
  — Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
• For salmon, though they’re adapted to breed in fast-flowing streams, the extreme flows of floods can scour and wash away eggs and tiny fish.
  — Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
• Sled dogs were bred not to achieve a specific appearance but to be fast and strong.
  — Mark Johnson and Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
• Mosquitoes like to live and breed near people, in yards and even inside homes.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2023
• The birds had been breeding consistently in the years before.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
• Soon the humpbacks would head north to breed in the warm waters off the western coasts of South and Central America.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
• The researchers found that males had fewer marks if their mother was present and was no longer breeding.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 20 July 2023
• The area is well known for its sea lion population, which chooses the rocks to breed and nurse.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
• Crenshaw said the zoo will not breed Chantu and Henderson.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
• The edits successfully blocked growth of the virus in the cells, but the researchers have not yet bred chickens with all three edits.
  — WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
• Should one of those hybrids then go and breed with a member of a wild population, the damage is even greater.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
• What the birds, part of a breeding population at the Oregon Zoo, did not appear to notice was that the egg was a high-tech fraud.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 16 May 2023
• What’s missing from the phrase is any hint of how the holy credo of hedonism bred a culture of recklessness.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 May 2023
• Those coming to breed for the first time arrive several weeks later.
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
• Though Peanut is now too old to breed, in recent years, a one-eyed rooster named Benny has been looking after her.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
• The uprising bred a new sense of independence among Ukrainians, thanks in part to the role played by the Orthodox Church.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
• That wave of sales, particularly of cows used to breed, led to supply constraints this year.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
• Since the rehabilitation, the zoo successfully helped the tigers breed and give birth to three tiger cubs in 2021.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
• When these rhinos did not breed, a team with a project called BioRescue went to Kenya in 2014 and decided to start working on another plan to save the species.
  — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• This technique has worked to breed chickens, but the dodo project is new territory.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2023
• Over 120 dogs that had been bred and trained to fight were rescued from multiple properties, according to Platkin.
  — Joseph P. Smith, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024

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breed

2 of 2 noun

• The collie is a working breed.
• The breed is about 1 foot tall and weighs 9 and 17 pounds.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
• From the town, to the jerseys, and the Packers’ breed of football.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2023
• There is an extent to which Zhao was the last of his breed.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
• Prigozhin has at least the tacit support of a new breed.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
• Not just a rat, but a New York City rat, so a special kind of breed.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• Small breeds like Chihuahuas and dachshunds live 14-20 years.
  — Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
• In the uplands, both breeds make very good flushing dogs.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
• The breed is known for enjoying warm laps, not the great outdoors.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• The five-inch height of the square bowl should work for toy dog breeds but the overall bowl size is too small for most dogs.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• Here are some faces to know A new breed of leaders are atop the largest US unions today.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2023
• Of course, these big men are a far different breed from the dinosaurs some of us grew up with.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 June 2023
• Thirty years later, though, there’s a new breed of web crawler in town.
  — Longreads, 16 Feb. 2024
• In fact, the 1964 Pontiac GTO is widely regarded as the very first of the breed.
  — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2023
• Iceland also boasts one of the world’s few black sand beaches and its own equine breed.
  — Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
• See the massive cat adopted in Virginia How many dog breeds are there?
  — Erin Udell, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• Age, breed, health condition can impact the distance and speed a horse can swim.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
• That breed of snake is very shy, according to the African Snakebite Institute.
  — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Located 200 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia, the seals gather here to rest, molt, give birth to their pups, and breed.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024
• First unveiled last fall, the Dark Horse is a completely new breed of Mustang.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
• Multiple reviews note that the spray works on dogs of many different breeds and that the smell lasts for days on end.
  — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day Magazine, 13 May 2023
• Khan shares her London abode with Bertie, one of the newly ennobled breed.
  — Richard Galant, CNN, 26 Mar. 2023
• Certain dog and cat breeds are at greater health risks during air travel.
  — Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
• Both breeds are renowned for being friendly and playful.
  — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
• Or the Pekingese could notch his breed’s third Westminster Kennel Club dog show win in little over a decade.
  — Jennifer Peltz, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
• Meanwhile, people with long-nose breeds like greyhounds said the collar was too short, and their pet’s nose stuck out.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
• The breed dates to the ancient Romans, according to the American Kennel Club.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2023
• Some shampoos may be more suitable for certain breeds or skin types.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• Germany’s agriculture ministry denied that the new draft bill would amount to a ban on particular breeds, including the sausage dog.
  — Frederik Pleitgen, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
• Here's a snapshot of the top 10 breeds this year: After Frenchies, the most common breeds registered were Labs, golden retrievers, German shepherds and poodles.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024