How to Use farmyard in a Sentence

farmyard

noun

• The buck marched into the farmyard and thrashed a tree.
  — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2019
• Walk With a Goat: Explore the farmyard with Maisie the goat.
  — Kathy Bennett, The Mercury News, 14 June 2017
• Leafy greens, vegetables and berries would have been picked from the kitchen garden, the bread and pound cake were baked in the bake oven, chickens were from the farmyard.
  — courant.com, 3 Oct. 2019
• One recent morning, a man dropped by Mr. Mishurov’s farmyard office to cadge a bucket of corn for his hens.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2018
• As a farmyard pig who has just had a litter, Gunda has a tag through her ear and a hungry, needy little mouth clamped to every teat.
  — Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021
• Start or end your day at the Magnolia Cafe & Bakery for a discounted farmyard rate.
  — Lake County News-Sun, 16 Apr. 2018
• Her shores were washed with a seething bouillabaisse of fish, her gardens laden with good things; Charolais cattle grazed the fields, chickens from Bresse pecked in farmyards.
  — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
• The shell is almond icing, while what looks like farmyard straw is actually crispy kataifi dough.
  — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
• So, when Dumplin decided to take a dip in a farmyard pond, naturally, Milkshake tagged along, but wouldn't take the plunge until Dumplin went first.
  — Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• Maybe a trip to the countryside will help the family unite, but Max is a city pup and some of these farmyard critters don’t take kindly to a furry foreigner.
  — Guy Hanford, Ramona Sentinel, 24 July 2019
• According to court files, the incident began when Doucette drove his truck out of the farmyard while Oletzke reportedly tried to stop him.
  — Linda Vanderwerf / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 21 Nov. 2019
• Check out the apple cider press, watch farmyard animals and nosh on some kettle corn at this year’s Harvest Days at Hale, set to take place for two weekends this October.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2020
• The Deere dealership that had photographed his 14-combine purchase came to take equipment back, driving dozens of machines off farmyards in the middle of harvest.
  — Patrick McGroarty, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2017
• There is an extra edge of farmyard piquancy to these cheeses made from the milk of sheep, which flourish in harsher terrains, that has a way of cutting through sauces with an alluring rustic swagger.
  — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• And on small, mixed farms, animals that graze widely and then deposit their manure in the farmyard can help to concentrate nutrients for use as fertilizer in the family’s garden.
  — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022
• The event includes the farmyard and attractions, children's crafts and activities, food, music and entertainment.
  — chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2019
• Peter Hynes, a dairy farmer in County Cork, southwest Ireland, assembled his family for a makeshift procession through the farmyard that included a child in a wheelbarrow, a calf, a pony, a quad bike, and a young man banging a bucket as a drum.
  — Peter Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2020
• For the shoot, Bella wore a cozy $2,890 Bottega Veneta silk knit dress, which beautifully coordinated with her farmyard friends.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Aug. 2020
• But few dubious solutions have had the staying power of ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug used to treat large farmyard animals.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2022
• In this picturesque farmyard, surrounded by green fields and white fences, baby goats provide visitors with an escape from reality, relieving troubles and anxieties with a little dose of innocence and joy.
  — Seth Carnell, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022
• The nonprofit organization helps people with developmental disabilities, and features a farmyard, petting area, bounce house, carousel, thrift shop, country store and bakery.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
• The selection contrasts classic farmyard scenes and dark domestic interiors with less familiar images, especially loosely drawn copies of New Yorker-like cartoons that have garbled word balloons and captions.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2017
• Vaccination could cause blood poisoning; this was not intuitive in the age before germ theory but is no surprise to us today, as cowpox pus was harvested under far from sterile conditions and often harboured farmyard bacteria.
  — The Economist, 30 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 22 Aug 2024