Example Sentences

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A group will forage together, with younger crabs following the older ones and even riding on their backs.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Worker honey bees will forage for food whenever temperatures rise above about 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

You may need to do some research to see if pollinators will forage on your chosen plant — its new shape or color may have made it unrecognizable to them.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

“It is only unexpected if you subscribe to the naïve dogma that animals will forage for the most energy intense food preferentially,” he says, but as a rule, that doesn’t make sense.

From National Geographic • Sep. 15, 2017

He is fond of a good, cleanly bed; and when this is not provided for him, it is oftentimes interesting to note the degree of sagacity with which he will forage for himself.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert