bottle-feed
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Or bottle-feed a joey on Australia’s Kangaroo Island?
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Domingo-Garcia’s story went viral shortly after ICE raided her poultry plant, when it was reported that her breastfeeding four-month old daughter was struggling to learn to bottle-feed.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2021
MeoowzResQ agreed to foster and bottle-feed the puppies, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2019
There was one occasion when my father was in black tie and my mother in a long evening dress and they were trying to bottle-feed lambs surrounded by poo.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2016
Over coffee they shiver: they themselves are fastidious, they will bottle-feed, which is anyway more sanitary.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Crimson was sent to the Oakland Zoo, where caretakers bottle-fed him around the clock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Zoo biologist Michele Viana introduced me directly to Miguel, who was raised by hand and bottle-fed in rehab.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Five of the lambs are now being bottle-fed in a neighbouring pen, while two remain with their mother, who Frankland described as "knackered" after the birth.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
“The nutrition of every bottle-fed infant in America is at stake.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
He ordered the calf bottle-fed, washed himself in a pail, and got back on his horse.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
But now we found ourselves bottle-feeding Hayden, as we named him, four times a day and later celebrating his successful use of the litter box like the proudest of parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
“Your eyelashes freeze in minutes out here,” said Ms. Agan, adding that the biggest challenge was keeping her fingers warm, even in thick gloves, while bottle-feeding some of the calves.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
He describes aspects of himself as soft, including the part that has a natural inclination toward petting stray cats and the version that’s captured in his Instagram profile photo, bottle-feeding a baby bird.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2022
Caretakers stepped in and started bottle-feeding her cub around-the-clock, Crosier said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2021
Mrs. Ortiz often fostered infants, so she spent many hours bottle-feeding them.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
