How to Use grazing in a Sentence

grazing

noun
  • The other option would be to maintain an area under the panels for low crops or grazing.
    Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Any crofter with livestock on the common grazing would be asked to move their animals for periods around launch days.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Some farmers have adopted these grazing practices, and say the methods are making a huge difference.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The goats are a first for the Arboretum, and their grazing is beneficial for the land and the goats themselves (free food!).
    Abigail Rosenthal, Houston Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2020
  • As lack of rainfall wreaks havoc on plant life, the Samburu people struggle to find grazing pasture for their cattle.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
  • For elephants, more rain means more vegetation for grazing—and eventually, more babies.
    Rob Engelaar, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • While overgrazing can remove cover and cause erosion, limited grazing can supercharge habitat.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Scottish Land Court consent is required because the project would be developed on crofting land, which is currently classed as common grazing.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Our readers like to fill their grazing plates with everything from fruits (apples were especially popular), veggie sticks, cheese and crackers, dip, and whatever sides are leftover in the fridge.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Under Trump, the land bureau has sought to scale back some protections for public lands, including proposals to ease restrictions on oil and gas exploration, mining and grazing.
    Matthew Brown, Star Tribune, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Such designations can come into conflict with private landowners and those using public lands for recreation, grazing or energy development.
    Keith Ridler, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The sheep aren’t the first grazing creatures to help out with the project.
    Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The Vikings also cleared forests in order to use land for crops and sheep grazing.
    Sarah Todd, Quartz, 12 July 2022
  • The first two shots hit his right leg and inflicted a grazing wound to his head.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Much of the open fields burned in the region were used for grazing and feeding cattle.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The home’s most iconic feature is a life-size statue of a buck grazing at the front of the mansion.
    Hunter Boyce, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In the Amazon, farmers and loggers have long been known to set fires to clear land for grazing and crops.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Zebras could be seen grazing on the grass along the interstate.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The goats are within a fenced area and will take several weeks to finish grazing on the 3.5 acres.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The ridge was worthless for sheep grazing, their livelihood.
    Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
  • In spring, when the grass flushes green, the herds return home from grazing in the hills each nightfall by themselves.
    Kate Eshelby, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Waiting on the table is a skillet with refried beans, a stack of tostadas and limes for easy grazing.
    Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
  • But initially much of the region’s land went to grazing.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
  • Focus on your guests having fun, watching the game and grazing.
    Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • If the family was among the winners of the era, the losers included the peasants displaced to make way for grazing land.
    Allan Massie, wsj.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Rarely are any of these grazing animals alone, at this time of day or any other.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • At present the ranch is used for grazing purposes only.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • Lowland tapirs grazing on the riverbank, their long, flexible snouts half-buried in the grass.
    Rebecca Shaw, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Water tanks froze, feedlots and dairies ran out of feed, and some grain-rich grazing fields were damaged.
    New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Skirt serene Lake Solitude, a twilight refuge for grazing moose.
    Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2024

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