pigs

Example Sentences

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Our club should not be guinea pigs for their pet project.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Over the last week, the San Diego Humane Society has removed 446 cats, 30 dogs and dozens of other animals, including goats, alpacas, pigs, ducks, donkeys, geese and chickens from the property in Julian.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

In the wild, wolf packs primarily subsist on wild ungulates - hoofed, typically herbivorous, animals such as deer, cows and pigs.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

A herd of pigs at a swine facility once charged at him, forcing him to jump out of the way while the farmhands chuckled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The buildings are flat and ugly, and the pens, crammed with panicked, lowing cattle and filthy, snuffing pigs, butt right up against the tracks.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen