castrated

Example Sentences

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He told the investor he saved money by buying cheaper but harder-to-handle male calves that haven’t been castrated and having his own team do it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Female hamadryas baboons given hormonal contraception lived 29 percent longer, while castrated males lived 19 percent longer.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

It will be adapted from Anne Rice's 1982 novel, which is set in the 18th Century world of the "castrati" - male singing stars who were castrated to preserve their high voices.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

Still, many castrated household cats don’t like to share their space with others.

From Slate • Jan. 18, 2024

A teenage boy bawling into the silence of an empty church—now that’s a pretty horrific sound, right up there with the moans of a freshly castrated hyena.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx