Example Sentences

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It quoted experts saying a recession could prompt more newspaper shutdowns, including by hedge funds that have milked what they can from chains.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022

They make enough money to hire skilled professionals, and they don’t stop until they have milked every advantage they can.

From Encyclopedia.com • Mar. 21, 2018

Story arcs that other series might have milked for an entire season were gutted of filler and condensed to three-episode mainlines.

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2017

It’s as if an entire middle section were missing, one that ought to have milked the story’s environmental underpinnings and Adam’s ethical about-face from conservationist to sylvan saboteur.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2015

"There, cousins," he said, "dismiss it all from your minds and be comforted. Here is water and there is grass. You shall have a hot mash when I have milked my other cousins, the goats."

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis