How to Use hayfield in a Sentence

hayfield

noun
  • But the end zone might as well have been a hayfield, and the Jets had allergies.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2016
  • There is parking in the hayfield or along the street, if needed.
    courant.com, 14 May 2021
  • Known as Randy, the zebra was found dead in a hayfield near the town of Petrolia on May 13.
    Debbi Baker, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • But less than three decades ago, the school was surrounded by hayfields and cornfields.
    Jim Barnes, Washington Post, 8 May 2017
  • Trying to use a layout blind in the middle of a cut hayfield isn’t going to work, even on gullible early geese.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2020
  • For those looking for a gentler hike, there are paths through wildflower fields and a hayfield right out of a Wyeth painting.
    William Li, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The ambulance was guided in by the same friend who alerted White to the crash, and the helicopter landed in a hayfield on the property.
    William Sanders, Arkansas Online, 12 July 2021
  • Bobby and his son, both of whom had been working in an adjacent hayfield, met her in his driveway.
    Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Dikes and levees on thousands of acres of pastures, hayfields and salt-making ponds ringing the bay are coming down to bring back tidal marsh.
    National Geographic, 13 June 2017
  • In 2018, the barn was moved, post by post and beam by beam, to its current location on a hayfield two miles away from Woodstock's lively downtown area.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Here too, the effect of the sculpture is disproportionate, changing over the course of the summer as the hay grows to full height and the supports disappear and the brass tube appears to float above the hayfield.
    Kevin Conley, Town & Country, 2 May 2014
  • Set in an old hayfield, this is a blowsy cottage garden, casual in a country setting.
    courant.com, 14 May 2021
  • After loading the buffalo onto the back of a truck and driving it to a nearby hayfield, Mr. Magnan gutted it with a small knife and an electric saw.
    Brett Anderson, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Today, on your way to the river enjoy the view of an expansive open meadow, logged in the late 1800s and once a hayfield farmed by Anglo-European pioneers.
    Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 3 May 2017
  • Her blowsy cottage garden, set in a hayfield, is an invitation to wander.
    courant.com, 14 May 2021
  • Pete’s version is full of hominy and balances the earthy, hayfield funk of the tripe with plenty of pungent raw onion, serrano chiles and tart lemon served with fresh flour tortillas for a rib-sticking delight.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The Agriculture Department said pastures, hayfields and soybean crops are drying up because of the drought, and some farmers have been feeding hay to livestock because of a lack of grass.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The friendship was formed after the moose was seen wandering around local hayfields, perhaps taking advantage of the plentiful plants and shoots.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2004
  • Decades of flooding Miami sits just off the interstate about 90 miles from Tulsa, in a rural corner of the state where hayfields, cattle ranches and pickup trucks dot the landscape.
    Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
  • With little more activity through midday Verge decided to sit out the final hours of daylight alongside an old hayfield with some wild apple trees.
    Bob Humphrey, Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Standing in or strolling across a hayfield in 4-inch spiked heels by Manolo Blahnik is another deterrent to a joyful smile; add an expression of panic if buying a pair at $520 maxes out your credit card.
    Marcy Meffert, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Selling the rights to a Rocky Mountain trout stream or a hayfield dating from the pioneer era to nonlocal interests, especially those seeking to turn a profit, has the potential to be seen as auctioning state patrimony.
    New York Times, 3 Jan. 2021
  • That discovery, a few feet below the ground between a rural road and a hayfield, was the latest in a long tradition of construction workers becoming accidental paleontologists.
    Mitch Smith, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2022

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