teats

Example Sentences

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He said there was no longer any way of sterilising their milk and bottle teats to the required standard.

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2023

A good idea doesn’t stay secret for long, and fermented yogurt became part of the diet of people from Scandinavia to the Steppe, anywhere that animals’ teats were mined for their precious mammal-nectar.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2022

Since the mother does not have enough teats for all of the lambs, three will be reared by their individual mothers and two will be bottle fed.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2022

As a young man, Mr. Crawley realized he “didn’t want to yank” cows’ teats for the rest of his life and found work in a machine shop.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2021

I had Old Pru nearly empty and began stripping her teats to get the last drops of milk out, as if I’d forgotten all about what Sam was saying.

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