Example Sentences

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Unfortunately, she became the indirect culprit of a mistake in 1683, when the cow she was milking kicked the milk bucket over.

From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2021

A crew was milking when the twister ripped through and had only seconds to hide and hold on.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2021

They came to a pen where a ranch hand was milking cows.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2021

Neila Owen was milking the goats and tending to her garden in the Coastal Range of Oregon when it passed.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2012

I thought about it some more the next morning when I was milking Old Pru and the more I thought about, it the angrier I got.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier