Eurasia’s native cows, sheep, goats, horses, and pigs were among the world’s few large wild animal species to pass all those tests. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Leslie was standing in the middle of the cow field, her head tilted and her hands on her , hips. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I tell him about the Save the Manatee Club, and the sea cow named Tubby that our class adopted last year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“There were about 40 girls waiting in the yard. The foreman came out & looked at us as though we were so many cows.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Luke nodded, picturing them flying off the road, hitting cows or trees or anything else that would kill them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled the neatest trick I ever saw a dog pull on a cow brute. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she took a second job milking cows at four A.M. every morning. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There is still good grass in the far fields down the road, water in the pond, and the calf will keep the fresh cow milked. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The cow opens her meaty wet lips, curls her sandpaper tongue around the bunched clover like a fat rope, and rips the mouthful of tender leaves from its crown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I was one of the cows,” my mother would later say, “one of the oxen.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Two people tie a rope around the cow’s neck and hold it so that the jugular vein pops up. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And rifles and bad test grades and grey fields full of grey cows, and—oh, God. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were dogs and a cow wandering about. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Moonface stared at me, his mouth slowly chewing on the bread like a cow working its cud. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And if, in daylight, we improve our resolution so we can make out things that are a meter across, then we begin to detect for the first time individual organisms—whales, cows, flamingos, people. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, when Mr. Zuckerman went to milk the cows and clean out the tie-ups, he was still thinking about what a wondrous pig he owned. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“We have a few milking cows. They make plenty of milk, so I put out some of the excess for the insects. Keeps the garden lively.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The old man told her about how Jesus ngozi had slept in a cow’s feeding trough when he was a baby. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cease, cows, life is short,” he would shout. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The cows were in our old life, not this one. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have pictures of cows inside and outside but it’s on a busy street with tons of stores. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finn said, “Funny coming from guys who can’t tell the difference between their cows and their girlfriends.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Before the use of hoists and conveyors, cows were moved through the various stages of slaughter by hand. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“What are two cows? I’d give those cows and more to see my sister with all her greats.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They’d had to tie the cow’s hind legs together to keep her from kicking the calf off; but they’d kept it alive, hoping Spot would get well and come back to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Westcott must be going back and forth to see to his cows. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I failed to find Spot with the rest of our milk cows one evening, and when I went to drive them up the next day, she was still gone. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told how the cows were going dry and the gardens were failing. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few cows grazed in the shade, rested in dark pools of shade under the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And while you're at it, stop off at the cow lady, the both of you, and get yourselves a couple of mugs to drink." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Tom said I was puked up by a cow,” said Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the cows hated what had been done to them, because they certainly rejected the embryos. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jus’ milk the cow and sling some grain to the chickens an’ go to her.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A house with a sloping red roof and a barn where cows mooed, a sheltered well right in front. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The few domesticates that remained to Native Americans were not likely sources of crowd diseases, compared with cows and pigs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cow is by nature not a corn eater. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Eating the grubs and larvae cuts down on bugs and parasites—in this case, tiny organisms that live on or in the cow—that would bother the cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The floors inside were covered with straw and manure; they’d collapsed in several places under the weight of cows that now roamed free on the property. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A young Dinka boy milks a cow near his home in Sudan. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a regular farm there may be cows, pigs, and chickens; fields of grain; orchards filled with fruit—many different kinds of foods to eat or sell. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I grew inside a cow. Did she give birth to me like a calf?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were four events in the rodeo: bareback bucking Hereford riding, bareback bucking pony riding, team roping of the same sad-sack cow by six entrants, and pony racing for kids. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He demanded that the man who had killed the cow be brought to him. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The place was large; they had a cow, chickens, a garden, all of which spelled food and that decided me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now packs of them began chasing the cows all over the Rantz property, relentlessly nipping at their legs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The man said he would send the cow’s bones. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We do not care about how heavy a cow is. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was fine and silky and tasted like the cow pond. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The way it worked was that he bought “super cows” that cost $17,000 apiece. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t milk this cow, we could end up with a new disaster on our hands.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We all burst with laughter, imagining the late-night newspapers circulating all over the kingdom with pictures of Edel's little girl, the word shaved into her hair beside a picture of cow feces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In the elementary school spelling bee when you intentionally misspelled heifer, he almost had a cow. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This treatment being administered, no other opposition followed, and we made off with two cows and a bull, ten swine, a quantity of flour, and a multitude of fowl. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The cows in their pens lay burbling blood through their nostrils, with javelin holes in their necks. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s late Sunday morning, and everyone has gone to Otavalo except me and the other maids, who are pasturing the cows in the valley. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neel’s sister got up early to pump and haul water, feed the animals, make patties out of cow dung for fuel, wash clothes, tend the garden, cook, and clean. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was so excited about taking the cows out the following morning. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It likes goats best, but it’ll eat horses or cows—or a child if it’s really hungry.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I run my hands over the cow’s coarse fur, over the black spot between her ears where she likes being scratched. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t find the cow,” I complained to the boys one day. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

In the pot on the stove were scraps of cow bones stewing in hot bubbling broth. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He seemed to shrink down, cowed by age. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My mother has lived her whole life in a hut made of sticks and cow dung, and you could put everything she owns on the seat of a chair. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no cows anywhere, or chickens, or horses. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slapped the cow dung into nicely shaped cakes and plastered them to the walls, a neat handprint on each one. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sour-milk-and-manure smell of the cows came and went with the breeze. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The other ingredients weren’t so easy to come by: George visited local slaughterhouses at least once a week to collect cow fetuses and chicken blood. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He laughs genuinely, as if he never heard the interrupting cow joke before. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I can still remember that old dog rolling in a fresh cow pie. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A scrawny cow, looking like a pile of bones, was slumped down in the middle of the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Drinking the milk, I thought about Doctor Korczak and the cow. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The cow reminds me of Josefa, my family’s cow in Yana Urku, and like Josefa, she quickly becomes my friend, flicking her tail happily when I rub the space between her enormous eyes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the cows became as big as barns, I would be there. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She never seemed cowed, not by any of the magic, not by anything.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I think this time I’ll just take my cow without signing the forms or paying the twenty bucks,” Joe observed calmly, casually tying the other end of his rope to the pickup bumper. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was mortified picking it up because it fell between the seat and the window, and I was sure I’d look like an enormous cow bending over to get it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

For larger animals, our community would employ the help of a shochet, who would kill the goat or cow and prepare it according to our laws. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

These super cows were injected with hormones to increase ovulation drastically and cause the production of multiple embryos. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows lowed it, the dogs whined it, the sheep bleated it, the horses whinnied it, the ducks quacked it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I called, wandering around to the barn and in where the horses and the cows stayed dry on days like this. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Not our cow, but Tam’s — Tam Bywater’s cow — mangy, ribs showing, and breathing like bellows, a beast not worth the price of its hide. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I tie the cow to an avocado tree and walk over, shaking the water droplets from my hair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed her, with Old Yeller beside me, and we drove her out and across the hills to the cow lot. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

An image materialized in Smith’s mind: the Colorado ranges, a tough little cow horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great assembly line pushed cows and hogs forward at the usual lightning speed, so that workers had no time to turn their thoughts or bodies to anything else. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought I should move the cows out of the south pasture and back with the main herd.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot of cows in one place,” Frank said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And then the countryside started and there were fields and cows and horses and a bridge and a farm and more houses and lots of little roads with cars on them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ymir was not the only living thing to be formed by the melting of the ice: there was also a hornless cow, more enormous than the mind could hold. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“He’ll notice I’m gone for sure if the cows break through the fence looking for water.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He sold milk door-to-door to housewives, straight from a cow. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

After an hour or so of highway driving, we’re on a road with many trees, passing horses and cows even. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frantic animals — stray horses and cows, dogs and cats, and even rats — ran wild, causing increasingly more confusion. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

My good humor turned to fear as I thought about losing my cow. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

From the sleeve of her gown Alyce pulled the parsnip tops meant for the cows and some cheese she had saved for the cat and fed instead the hungry boy. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cow, three sheep, and two geese were killed, and nearly everyone was wounded. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

When it passed in front of us, the smiling, black-and-white cow painted on its side was unavoidable. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to do here. So we help milk the cows.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s not the same. Farmers feed the cows and chickens and take care of them. We don’t do anything for what we take. Besides, if we keep it up, we’re sure to be found out.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her thrashing on the mattress, mooing like a cow for mercy. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her job is to make sure the killing of cows at National Beef is as quick and painless as possible. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But Singer says that a cow is not different at all in this one very important way: It feels pain and suffers just as we do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Counting houses, shops, stores, sail lofts, and one great ship after another, home again after their voyaging, content as cows waiting to be milked. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote more about Ayortha than I ever wished to know: how the guilds were structured; the number of gallons of milk produced in a year by one Ayorthaian cow; the construction of their manors. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once she judged the cow two fields over not to be a threat, she cut her engines and glided to the foot of the mighty tree. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas took a rope from JimmyTrotter and led the cows up to the house. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

If the casualties were limited to their own kind there would be no problem, but the slaughter of cows, pigs, farmers, dogs, and highway signs makes autumn a dangerous season in which to travel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bowed and the soft flesh of her breasts hung loose and curved like cow udders. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow and horse must be tethered to the back of the wagon, so it would be nearly as slow as walking until they got to Westcott’s, but, if they’d care for the ride . Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

About a hundred holy cows go mooing inside my head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The whole time, I kept talking to the cow fish, telling her everything was okay while she mooed and moaned. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Shoo, cows," said Sarah as the cows looked up, startled. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even without acquiring crops, Khoisan peoples who acquired cows and sheep around 2,000 years ago displaced Khoisan hunter-gatherers over much of southern Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea why he’d become a reticulated python, but it did explain his dream about slowly swallowing a cow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mama and Lisbeth had kept Spot’s calf from starving by letting it suck another cow. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whole rain forests had been consumed, reduced from millions of interlocking species to a bunch of cows eating grass, a vast web of life traded for cheap hamburgers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her father was out in the barn, forking hay to the mule, taking care of the chickens for her, and milking the cow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I pressed my forehead against the window as the bus passed by rolling green fields dotted with black-and-white cows grazing. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The cow protects the grass habitat by eating young trees and shrubs that might compete with grasses. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

His eye becomes glassy, I knock his head against the wall—”You cow”—I kick him in the ribs—”You swine”—I push him toward the door and shove him out head first. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jello had been so cowed he was useless. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a henhouse outside, and the barn, which now only housed their old camper van, would have been perfect for a couple of cows or a horse. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“How about such-and-such cow, the one that is sick? How is he doing?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Dad found an ant hill, he’d tell us about certain colonies of ants that kept slaves and herds of cows. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s a hint: What did the cows and pigs and chickens eat before they became cuts of meat? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As I approach the lights in the cow barn, I slow down and stop. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally my family would tell me, “Take these cows to graze tomorrow in this place,” and I’d say, “Okay, Dad, okay, Mom, I’ll do that.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, I’m in the valley pasturing sheep under a sky the dull gray of cow intestines, when Hermelinda appears on the hill. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the cow shifting her weight by the shed. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Enveloped in our thoughts, we bounced down the sandy road that at times was no more than a cow path. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the open windows came the faint leathery scent of cow dung, always present except on the coldest days, and noticeable only to those who had been away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

More and more, I find myself hovering at the edge of the schoolyard, always with an excuse, like picking avocadoes from the trees by the fence, or pasturing the cow. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow had been butchered and the meat given away to old people. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The goose shouted to the nearest cow that Wilbur was free, and soon all the cows knew. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was muddy, it was dark, we were in the middle of nowhere, and right then we had cows that were miles away. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was staring at the cow in the straw. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Udders. These are the cow’s udders. Clean her off and use teat dip....” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I imagined my friends out hunting for small birds, drinking the sweet milk from the cow’s udder, cavorting in the pond at the end of the stream. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that they fetched a milk cow, belonging to Rafael Maestas, that had bucked like hell last year if you zapped her in the udder—just before the chute gate opened—with a cattle prod. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one in Macún died, but many lost their belongings, poultry, pigs, milk cows, vegetable gardens, kiosks for selling fried codfish fritters, and shops where rusty old cars received one more chance at the road. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They bunched up, wary and skittish; when the last cow had run into the little herd, they stood for a moment, staring at the windmills and corrals and at the men beside the truck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That evening when the cows got back from grazing, we had a lot of milk to drink, so we were well fed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had had to sell three or four cows to pay the fees when I went to Kabarak. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother depended on her to produce more milk than any other cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, it was our cows that had been stolen. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three living cows were staggering around in the deep snow and bawling unhappily. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He calls this warrior Nkiyeu and gives him that part of his cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hardest of all, our cow had to go. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Camped up there in the Blue Ridge for a week or more, gittin’ maybe two-three cows from one farmer and six or seven from another. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

For my sister Deborah, Mom wrote that she was so beautiful, she would get at least one hundred cows when she wed. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But the force that had molded the selection of cows, dogs, and pigeons was the human hand. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“And I’m tired of those Rude cows wandering onto my property. The deer, too. And whatever else is creeping around.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It came behind us and Quentin set me down in the trough where the cows ate. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think now I must have considered it one big level cow pasture because of the state’s enormous yield of milk products. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came October 1871: a cow, a lantern, confusion, and wind. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I put away the sword and started speaking as calmly as I could so the hippocampi and the cow serpent would stop panicking. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They went through a gate and across a concrete yard, and the air smelled thick, with cow dung and silage and straw. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Shank’s got more guts than I’ve fried up from every pig and cow in the last year.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Without a sound, the wolf propelled himself forward, leaping at my cow. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I think he liked the fields ’cause if he saw a fresh cow pie, he was in heaven. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will never speak his sisters’ language, account for his movements like a cow with a dull bell. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the cows turned and looked at him, they didn’t say a thing. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She loved buttered bread, and probably felt bad about taking one more thing from a cow. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Orcs were getting ready to march again, but some of the Northerners were still unwilling, and the Isengarders slew two more before the rest were cowed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And what about Romero’s yellow bull, he could hear Josiah say, winking when he said that; but the speckled cows had not seen the yellow bull that way, at least not in the beginning. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon I was old enough to take the cows out by myself. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor was made of crushed ant-heap, the hard dome of excavated earth above an ant colony, and was kept smooth by smearing it regularly with fresh cow dung. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. van Heerden crept up on a likely cow, bottle in hand. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gran hand- collects cowshit, “cow patties,” she calls them, and mixes them in with mulch to make her own fertilizer. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next the Long Knife headman insisted that the man who had killed the cow be put in jail. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Bread that was fresh and soft, plenty of honey and butter on the side, and a glass of milk not two days from the cow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I haven’t seen a cow, or any animal, for that matter, except a stray dog and the occasional hardy bird, since leaving County Galway, and I look forward to seeing them again. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When he first saw the cow, he caught his breath, at the bony legs of a calf sticking awkwardly out from behind, and the rest of it still plunged deep inside its mother's belly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There are three cows in a field with their heads over a stone wall and they say moo to us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The cow died anyway, but he did not get upset about it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hence when we domesticated social animals, such as cows and pigs, they were already afflicted by epidemic diseases just waiting to be transferred to us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why pay for milk when I could steal the cow?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The respect goes with the cows; a poor man does not have a voice. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could imagine what the past held: cows grazing, a Civil War battle, maybe dinosaurs. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lloyd began to unwrap another Tootsie Roll and the cow he was holding teetered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a normal cow except it was a weird color—bright red, like a cherry. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But they agreed it would be better for her to tend the cow and horse and protect the house from the wild critters. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

If they found out I was leaving, they would surely try to marry me off before I could escape, so they could get the cows that man would give them for me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, the woman said that she wanted a boy who could milk a cow, feed chickens, gather vegetables, help serve breakfast and dinner. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the wall the cow’s foot struck and fell. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now the kids in the village are saying, “I’ll go to school to buy cows for my mom, like Lekuton did.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mad cow is a brain disease that is always fatal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The secret, Joel told me, is not to let the cows take a second bite until the grass has had time to recover. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She was a good cow and there were very few times when I had to run and bring her back in the evening. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the cows or the chickens. Miss Trotter and Aunt Naomi.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“So what’s first? Milk cows or slaughter some poor little pigs?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As long as Dr. van Heerden was away, the cows didn’t have to spend the day in the underground chamber. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He strapped Hazel’s sword to his belt, morphed his backpack into a quiver and bow, and raced toward the piazza where he’d fought the cow monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A fire would be lit and dried cow dung put in to burn. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got her a rope, and she fastened it around the cow’s collar. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Between the cow and the way the doorway is built, you would have to know someone was standing there to see them." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If he could be the Minister of Education without finishing school, there’s no reason why he can’t be the Minister of Agriculture without ever having seen a cow,” Senator Trueba remarked. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow barn is a simple open-sided structure where the cattle eat twenty-five pounds of hay and produce fifty pounds of manure each day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“And if they do, believe me, those factory cows don’t graze on grass that springs out of dirt. I’m not ignorant,” she said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much, but both horse and cow seemed content with the change of fare. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Like I said, you can tell a whole lot about someone from the way cows are around him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

My father’s family negotiated a deal to give my mother’s family ten cows. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On the side of the road, where the earth had been turned by tank treads, an emaciated cow wailed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Besides his captives, Ser Gregor was bringing back a dozen pigs, a cage of chickens, a scrawny milk cow, and nine wagons of salt fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

From somewhere they could hear the lowing call of a cow. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Acutely aware that the young soldier was now observing him, and wondering if he suspected anything, Jonathan went to the cow. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Let the two cows and the calf, the young bull calf, out through the pasture gate. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Brown cows huddle together, lifting their necks to watch the noisy truck as it passes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We missed our chickens, and cows, our dog, and endless pecans. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It just seemed like a good cow name. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was a wreck by the time I got there: 330 miles, two days, standing in the truck with the cows going to the bathroom on my shoes, on my clothes. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gladys munched as slowly and deliberately as a cow, her huge black eyes fixed on me, her lips curled into a slight smile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And all the time they talked: they talked of rockets, orbits, space; gravely they pondered the seven stomachs of a cow; tomorrow’s weather; but neither mentioned dogs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, too, they’d eat a newborn calf if the mama cow couldn’t keep them horned away. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time it happened, my brother didn’t understand what the cow was up to, but he is smart, he knows that sometimes cows can have a sense of danger, an instinct. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what are the livestock keepers from District 10, who are dressed as cows, doing with flaming belts? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the grass was tall and thick in the woods and the cows were giving plenty of milk, that was the time to make cheese. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called him my “uncle,” and by custom he was allowed to negotiate with any man who wanted to marry me, asking for cows in exchange for his consent. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother knows the names of all his cows, all of them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pastures, a lush new green, were dotted with merino sheep and fat milk cows. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed my eyes on a purple human liver that looked just like the cow liver Mom always served me because it was “filled with iron.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The cows all belong to different cattle families, and those in the same family look alike. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Levy indicated the stricken cow in the street. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In return for being chewed on, the plants get help from the cows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At night when he walks home after taking care of his cows, he will stand on raised ground and look down at them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy cow. Grill. Juice bar. Enormo-screen TV. Pineapple. This thing has everything.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Boy, like the day we were playing ice hockey and I went through the ice on that cow pond. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Their mother was a widow with lots of children and a cow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was taller than the others; he stood out among his fellow thanes like a horse in a herd of cows. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unburdened by a dairy cow's timidity and great bother of fat, she charged the soccer players as if seeking revenge in the name of oppressed cattle the world over. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

That old cow had eyes as big as a pitching ball at the fair. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly the whole bunch of cows were right by the fence, looking at her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was redheaded lout, and with him his cow. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained the circle of chickens and cows and pigs and grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The more cows somebody has, the wealthier he is. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Infosys campus is reached by a pockmarked road, with sacred cows, horse-drawn carts, and motorized rickshaws all jostling alongside our vans. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dressed in embroidered western shirts, Howard surveyed his ranch from a stock saddle on a cow pony. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people, when they think of an animal, think of a creature with hair, such as a dog or cat, a rabbit or a mouse, a horse or a cow. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He untied the ropes of two cows, but the frightened animals did not move. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The herd boys worked for a nearby farmer who kept many cows. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Next, she collected fresh cow dung for her grandmother’s floor. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ha' you any rats, mice, polecats, or weasels, or any old cows sick o' the measles?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She can yell at us all she wants but we had a grand time out the country with the cows and the sheep and then the lovely fire above in Italy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So I carefully chose the good cows, the ones that we thought were friendly, and I licked the sweat off their noses. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

This impression was dispelled early on when a probationer in Briony’s year, a large, kindly, slow-moving girl with a cow’s harmless gaze, met the lacerating force of the ward sister’s fury. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s in the back, mooing like a cow, even wearin’ a bell like a cow, but it ain’t got no head! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He watched them mount their horses and drive six old milk cows out of the corral and start over the hill toward Salinas. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Ma Charles, store milk comes from cows. At the dairy farm.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The cows came thundering toward Marly and Mother just the way they had before, but way back they stopped like magic. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then the white man had come, and he wanted his cow back. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Here and there a cow wandered in and out of the road, bringing the traffic to a halt. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Today, for instance, Americans tend to get most of their animal protein from cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens, with game such as venison just a rare delicacy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the days I don’t spend watching other people watch us, I help my older cousins bring their cows to the field to graze. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We know a cow died to provide them, but we don’t like to think about it. We pretend they came out of the pantry. Well, the villagers pretend the evil baby was born dead.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cows are much taller than I am. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milk the cow, cross the creek to Aunt Naomi, and she tells me her side. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes. You see, I’m thinking of starting a little dairy of my own, and since your cows are known throughout the land as being Florin’s finest, I thought I might pry your secrets from you.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We went farther after that,” he continued, “till we found the house. It was a cow needing to be milked that led us there. I milked her. They were...trusting me by then,” he confessed. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The visitors came up the narrow road through the forest from the south; they filled the spare-rooms, they bunked out in cow byres and barns. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some public health experts worry that other diseases like mad cow could start to appear because of this practice. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe it would be better not to include cows but instead rely on other food sources, such as shrimp floating in large plastic bags full of water. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you known her long?” enquired Michael gently, hoping that if he was particularly polite he would hear something more about the cow. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

When he starts to say “Interrupting cow, who?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The tribe migrated for several reasons, including civil war and discrimination at home, as well as the fact that the mountains held an abundance of grasslands—a paradise for grazing cows. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa—and therefore his children—weren’t allowed to eat the gumbo, or leg of the cow. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows could graze at the bottom, and I could keep a lookout for thieves or wild animals. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daisy, our milk cow, all but tore the barn lot up and refused to give any milk that night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice it happened that when my brother took his cows out in the morning that bull got in front of the rest of the cows and refused to move. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow lowed in the pasture below me, as if she knew that I was leaving, or thought I was already gone. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

How could something as large as a cow live in the ghetto and not be seen? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They crossed the dark fields, startling up an old white horse and some cows, heading for a group of out buildings clustered together some distance from the farmhouse. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went and milked the cows and brought the milk in for Mama to strain. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He managed to round up a few goats and cows, and a donkey to help him carry goods and farm the land. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The fact that milk comes from cows has probably occurred to them, but they prefer to think of it as recycled grass. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

As much as she might want to, Annabelle cannot stay in that pasture like a lady cow. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of a lush pasture, the farmer soon has a field full of brown bald spots and plants that cows won’t touch. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He placed the bucket under the cow’s udder, then quickly knelt, pressing his face against the warm flanks. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the people from the land grants and the people from Laguna and Acoma ignored the signs and hunted deer; occasionally, the Mexicans took a cow. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Cleaning the house and taking care of the boys and pasturing the cow.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You cows that I see before me, how many thousands of gallons of milk have you given during this last year? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

This means that there will be a little less pasture, but it doesn’t matter, since after I cut what I need for seed—a few bushels should be enough—the cows can eat the rest. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Carl Tiflin and Billy Buck were not in sight, but from a metallic ringing on the other side of the barn, Jody knew that Billy Buck was just starting to milk a cow. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half-sized cow carved out of butter reclined on a block of melting ice. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the great green room, there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of a cow jumping over the moon. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

There are 19 cows in the field, 15 of which are black and white and 4 of which are brown and white. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Without a chance to recover, clover and other cow favorites soon disappear. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The essence of artificial selection—for a Heike crab, a dog, a cow or an ear of corn—is this: Many physical and behavioral traits of plants and animals are inherited. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted to Josefa the cow and the scattered sheep, my voice echoing off the canyon walls. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was told, “Take the cows to this place, be brave, don’t be a child.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They are golden calf lovers. They kneel before cows,” the priest chimed in. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I really wanna see a member of the royal family wait in line for hours to eat cow parts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The field is filled with cows and sheep and bursting with yellow and purple flowers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

At one Illinois mental hospital, new patients were dosed with milk from cows infected with tuberculosis, in the belief that only the undesirable would perish. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He wore a denture, made from one of his own teeth, a cow’s tooth, and hippopotamus ivory; metal springs held the denture in his mouth. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the same way, when we buy a package of hamburger at a supermarket, we rarely think of the living cow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She saw them eat undercooked meat, and they smelled like cow’s milk. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow monster herd prowled cautiously just beyond the archway. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Two years later a man from the government came to the village bringing a fine cow for the man, but the man said the government had insulted him, and he refused to take the cow. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Across the stream, a group of local Hazara boys were picking pattles of dried cow dung from the ground and stowing them into burlap sacks tethered to their backs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw found himself kneeling down beside Fielding, his chest hurting from the way he had held his breath, and strained and panted, with the cow and the men. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He had tongue like cow, he had mind like cow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

At the front was a sweating yellow mound that had been a cow carved out of butter before the sun got to it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the creatures had gone to the pond to drink; the others waited, but not with the mild, passive curiosity of cows gathering at a gate. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They take care of the Army’s guard dogs, as well as Army horses, Army cows, Army sheep, Army pigs, Army mules, Army rabbits, Army mice, and Army monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now Mariana’s offer is like cow manure, fertilizing it, nourishing it, reminding me of my power, my options. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several days earlier, a cow had wandered into the village. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now they were speeding past fields full of cows and sheep. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how to milk a cow?” he asked. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A few miles farther, the sheriff had to stop for some cows stupidly milling around on the highway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So you can see it would be handy to have chickens and a cow and whatever flour comes from. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Next, we take the cow farther down the dirt road, to the groves of fruit trees on Don Arturo’s property. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is to be no more cow manure thrown down into that pigpen. I have a terrific pig. I want that pig to have clean, bright straw every day for his bedding. Understand?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know you from the fly on a pile of cow manure,” he said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I remember a picture book with an owl, cat, and cow in a tub. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

We have three criteria for judging a cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wanted: Man that does not smoke or drink, to take care of cow. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Yakov told me that his family died in an accident. That a cow knocked over a lantern while a neighbor was drunk. I just thought...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Milez with a z is supposed to be the teen heartthrob all the girls love, and one of Dad’s next cash cows.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I should just tell the old cow to shut up, but I never have and never will. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And the logician says, “No. There are cows in Scotland of which one at least is brown.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The old man offered payment—several mules—for the cow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He turned on his heel from the Imperial Box, and strode toward the tigers where they stood huddled together, frightened, cowed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her feet were as steady as though they were made of stone and she walked as sedately as any other respectable cow. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

To us, that is the most beautiful cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could the individual Epsilon embryo be made a revert, by a suitable technique, to the normality of dogs and cows? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows were always glad to see us — maybe because they had nothing else to do, closed up in the barn for the winter. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

But the cow serpent thrashed around and got even more tangled. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The cow let out another bellowing complaint, the most insistent so far. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Plastic daisies sprouted from teapots; daffodils erupted from ceramic cows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She started to run, as fast as a stupid old cow can run in snow. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

So far I’ve told you about how chickens and cows are raised on factory farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t answer, even though I’ve learned a good bit of Spanish from playing with some mestizo children in the cow pasture. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would I next see birds flying backward, or cows crocheting doilies? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His brain was crammed with information about tractors and machines and cows and milking. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Once a storm blew down the fence to the Turner property, and a neighbor’s cow wandered onto their land. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The landscape was a tableau of farm fields, barns, horses, cows, chickens, and the occasional house. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Of course the calf kept running off in every direction, but eventually I did get the two cows in with the gate shut. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The way into the eighth-grade side of the locker room was blocked by stupid eighth graders standing like cows at a gate they can’t get through. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The boys would challenge each other to see who could make the most and best cows. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many a night his sister’s pack gorged on the flesh of sheep and cows and horses, the prey of men, and sometimes even on the flesh of man himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Violet was a cow of a completely different color. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And the row of cows looked very pleased, really, and satisfied just to see what she meant to do next. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once cows, horses, and other large mammals were domesticated, they were hitched to plows, and fields were tilled by animal power. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tom soon received the orders for one of his first missions: he was to accompany his captain and his sergeant in pursuit of cow rustlers in Kent County, north of Abilene. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was out gathering cow dung, I did not see Sivaji come, and he left quickly as soon as he had delivered his message. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet so great was the cry for milk for children that the cow seemed to materialize from the very hunger of the people, until one could almost see the animal loping down the street. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He could buy a cow, and they could make their own ice cream. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ran down to the barn to milk the cow, and though I hurried as fast as I could, I was gone about fifteen minutes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A lot of our cows had died that year. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows remained in place, but the two horses were interested; they lumbered toward him in a huge friendly manner. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this were a real law, most of the world’s ranchers and dairy farmers would be outlaws, because they let their cows stay in the same pasture without stop. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get up until I was given all the cows I’d earned. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows are much smaller, but they make more noise than the bulls, screaming and barking through the whole day and sometimes at night. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Trepids would have preferred Dallas and Florida to be meek and cowed, like the others. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The straw seemed scratchy—not as comfortable as the cow manure, which was always delightfully soft to lie in. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I soon saw that he was on his way toward the cows that belonged to the old bull sitting nearby. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was bright sunlight on his face, and the cow byre was empty. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bessie stared at him sleepily as he climbed across the scrap heap, over the fence, and into the cow field. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Letting the little cows get their milk takes about an hour. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to the cow byre, took off his boots, and slept until he woke, when the sun was high in the sky. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So she was seventy when you were born. I bet she was thinking, ‘Holy cow pie. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The cow stood in the lot, chewing at us. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gave off a smelly smoke that protected our cows from biting flies and other pests. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every time Bernabe drove over those twelve white stripes, he flinched and, shaking his head, muttered to himself: “It beats me how a handful of white stripes can fool cows like that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Joe had been with her when a cow came running over a field, and he just stood still and faced her, as brave as could be. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Soon someone would say, “Where’s the sun? It’s getting late. Let’s take the cows home.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the modern availability of synthetic fertilizers produced by chemical factories, the major source of crop fertilizer today in most societies is still animal manure—especially of cows, but also of yaks and sheep. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’m going to moo with the cows. Check out what’s on their minds,” Fern said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Gosh, would I be worth any more than a dead cow and mule? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Was I so far gone that I was contemplating setting upon a cow and her young? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were no chickens at all, and no cows, either. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Calves came from cows and birds hatched from eggs, but insects? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We drifted by gray barns, cornfields in need of irrigation, and clumps of Hereford cows, chewing in slow motion, looking very content with their lives. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re talking about a woman who has had soup with cow bones in it for all sixty years of her life. She doesn’t get tired of things. What are you going to do about it?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Selling cows and running businesses were considered jobs for men, but she did her own thing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Ma, if we keep on with this soup,” Caroline said, “we’ll all grow horns like the ones that used to be on these cows.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But as corn took over the family farm, cows and other animals were pushed out. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

One rib alone was longer than a cow. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After one clue, I had guesses of dogs, cows, panda bears, and tigers. After ice, I got polar bears and cougars.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of times he even made approving comments like, “Hey! Weird!” or, “Holy cow.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Toward the end, the hens stopped laying. It got harder to milk the cows, too. I pray for the sisters and the girls who stayed on. I think we have it easier.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After breakfast I milked the cow and planted some more of the garden: melons, beets, and several rows of beans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When they found neither, when their goats and sheep and cows died off, they came to Kabul. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Back in 10, he’d worked on one of the beef ranches, maintaining the genetic diversity of the herd with the implantation of long-frozen cow embryos. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes! Now get that harness on that cow before I put it on you.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

A new army of warriors drove a herd of cows over the cliff at spearpoint. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the time for the calving drew near, they reluctantly let the cow go dry. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I get the cows and chickens back in, I can give him fresh milk and eggs to eat; they are nourishing and easy to digest. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

One day, my aunt made me an ornamental Sudanese bracelet of sinews and low cow hairs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow relieved of a great weight was landing on the fill with Janie before Tea Cake stroked in and crawled weakly upon the fill again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Egg-laying hens, dairy cows and draught animals are sometimes allowed to live for many years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then along came this spotted one that was just raw-boned and ugly enough to make a good milk cow. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a near-by cow shed he heard milk spurting into a pail. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sweetness comes from the leaves the cows eat. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no path, so he made a route by the compass, through fields of cows and sheep, turnips and young wheat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The sour smells of wood smoke and wool and cows cling to him, saturating his poncho, his rough skin. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Two eggs and a laying hen” and “Push, you cow” were the words that occurred to her, but when Beetle spoke them they did not have the same effect as when the midwife did. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If an animal killed one of the cows, I’d be in trouble. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bellowing, distressed cows lumbered among the stumps until they were exhausted and stopped giving the milk that was the farm’s principal cash product. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In those days they were all milked by hand, and I loved to watch the dairymaid squirt the white milk into her pail while the cow placidly chewed its cud. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They set out bowls of honey wine to tempt the fairies away from milking cows, and left out baskets of fruit to distract them from their orchards. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could follow a sack from a farm in Iowa to the mill in Manhattan, where it was ground into meal, or to the dairy in Brooklyn, where it was fed to a cow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Every item on our plates had a story—and not the kind of story printed on a milk carton about “organic” cows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The boat started to tilt, stirring up the muck on the sea bottom and threatening to topple onto the cow serpent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The cows had been in that spot for only one day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I fed, watered, and milked my cranky cow. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I could hear it blatting and racing around in the cow- pen, so starved it could hardly wait. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here were acres upon acres of meadow and cow pasture, hard ground cleared for the drilling of militia. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a very sad thing to be jealous of a fake cow on the side of a truck. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The same cows that had trampled the home-house floor had destroyed several sections of the cemetery fence. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“No milk but cow’s milk straight from the cow! Not in this house.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Rather than cowing the students into submission, the arrests stiffened their resolve, and they returned to the streets with renewed conviction. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recalled by the rumbling of wheels to the road before me, I saw a heavily-laden waggon labouring up the hill, and not far beyond were two cows and their drover. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Goat’s milk might serve, until you do. It’s better for a babe than cow’s milk.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I got home, they would say, “Son, congratulations. You brought all your little cows home. Drink some tea and eat something.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just dropped down among the cows and I couldn’t see him anymore. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think I’m going to let some dumb cow like that scare me?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

According to Dr. Hueper, horses, cows, goats, and pigs, which of course fed on this vegetation, showed loss of hair and thickening of the skin. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

That day, when my friends and I were watching our little cows, I pretended to be one of the village warriors. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home—with Dad still singing away in the back, extending the word “low” so long he sounded like a mooing cow—the man asked me about school. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the little cow ran to its mother to drink milk, my mom would let it suck from two teats, and she would milk the other two teats. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And like I said, leaning against a warm cow during milking is fine. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The sheep ran in the field, and far off the cows moved slowly to the pond, like turtles. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing that no one has yet blamed me for not being more proactive in the battle against the cow. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I guess she couldn’t help thinking what I was thinking—that if hydrophobia had sickened one of our cows, it just might get them all. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And although they ate the same oats as all the other Cuttyhunk cows, hers gave the best milk on the island, so her butter was the best, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I thrust the book back into his hands, and half running, lead the cow away in the rain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made toy cows out of clay and made the sounds of cows and goats with our mouths. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

What we did, and it was my idea, we dipped every horse, mule, and cow tail in that yellow paint. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The baby seems to have gotten sick from cows milk, which they were using to supplement Jo’s nursing. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

One of them came down and ate with the cows. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grant the dear boon of life to this most uncommon tiggy, lordly measter, and he shall sing to thee in numbers sweet or teach ’ee how to suck cow’s milk in the pearly dew.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government said how could they tell whose bones the cow’s were? Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the cow lowed again, closer yet, they halted. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Below them the cows and their babies played in the waves. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our footpath crossed over four single-track paved roads but except for a cow grazing by one of the roads we hadn’t seen another creature bigger than a hedgehog. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After filling the bucket, Jonathan moved away so the cow wouldn’t kick it over. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They saw the lion—its body the size of a cow—drag his grandmother into the thorny trees, then toss her body into the bush like a mouse. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Two cows for a man’s life? Two cows for depriving someone of becoming an ancestor? Is it any wonder his spirit has returned in the form of a leopard?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then that same cow took and stepped in her mouth when she was a baby and left it wide and flat with her chin and nose almost meeting. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He has some major things going for him: flashy moves on the soccer field, a dazzling smile, great big cow eyes, and ridiculous lashes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I doubted the cow serpent understood what I was saying, but it responded to the tone of my voice. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

One of the cows, either the bravest or the stupidest, took that as a sign of weakness. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The woman at the gate explained that should Hugh and I volunteer to participate, that is, to spend time with one of these angry young cows, our admission fees would be waived. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Our mule was running in circles, the cow was running toward the barn, and even the chickens took notice when the dust swirled around them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered to buy his son back from the military with cows; he offered to take his son’s place, to no avail. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On one morning I saw three kinds of animals, not counting cats, dogs, frogs, cows, and horses. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family owned no more than ten objects—two pots, three bowls, a hoe, a cow, some chickens—and a good five of them were regularly lost, thanks to her father. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The nguik is the spot on a cow’s neck where you stab it with a spear to kill it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the river I heard a cow moo. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cow horn made a perfect nozzle through which the air rushed when the bellows was pumped. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us lie under the one cow and we’re having a great time filling ourselves with milk when there’s a roar and there’s a man with a stick charging across the field. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ralph shook sand out of the deep tube. "-mooed like a cow," he said. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Pointless, ridiculous monster crouched in the shadows, stinking of dead men, murdered children, martyred cows. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr., if you can stop playing with those fool cars long enough to milk the cow, I’d be most appreciative. Miss Bessie don’t take no holiday, even if you do.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Though I had avoided talking about it, my mind went to the long chain from manure to grass to cow to grubs to chicken to eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A farmer in upper New York State painted the word cow in big black letters on both sides of his white bossy, but the hunters shot it anyway. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor had been eating beef jerky all morning without wondering what the cows ate. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

From then on, every time I saw him: “Find the cow.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Because grass-fed cows are eating the same diet as their wild ancestors. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look like a cow; she looked more like the skeleton of one. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Farm kids will strike sparks onto a fresh cow pat and watch it burn. That’s why farmers have to be careful about storing manure. The gas can build up and explode.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I mean, if this were, like, 1642, my wide birthing hips would be worth many cows or something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They brought along some money, which my grandparents had earned from selling a cow. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Though I respected Reverend Harris, I admired the fact that Mr. Mahlasela would not be cowed by him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To arrange a wedding in my culture, the man’s family gives the woman’s family a dowry, usually a number of cows in exchange for the woman’s hand. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But when the cows are done grazing tomorrow, those plants will still be standing, like forlorn pieces of broccoli left on a picky eater’s plate. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Van Riper was supposed to be cowed and overwhelmed in the face of a larger foe. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Milking the cows became one of my morning chores before I could get to work out in the fields. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many arms, pieces of tongues, and parts of legs had been left by various Milagro residents in the rear seats of their head-on collisions with cows and horses on the north-south highway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only cow in town, hidden within a neighbor’s courtyard, let out a loud Moooooooo. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed deafened by the machinery and too cowed to ask questions even when she needed to. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ropes of saliva swung from the frantic cow’s mouth. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

With one piece of paper her account had bulged like a cow about to freshen. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at me for a long time, until I say, “I should go,” and lead the cow away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It landed on a pat of fresh cow dung. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her father had insisted on giving the children cow’s milk, with the result that Theresa turned out a giantess — five seven! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How you going to rope a cow without a saddle horn?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the mathematician says, “No. There is at least one cow in Scotland, of which one side appears to be brown.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He used to arrive late to their accounting class with singular excuses—a cow’s lack of appetite, the difficult birth of two foals. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men sat on benches beneath trees, drinking palm wine from cow horns and cloudy glass mugs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cows smelled the lion at the southern end and stampeded to the north—toward the other waiting lion. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maples had seen many such boys come his way and was never cowed by their youthful swagger; he was only on rare occasions impressed or prepared to view them as his equal. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once she dodged behind a brushpile as the town herder came by with some cows to pasture. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The cow had become something to believe in or not to believe in. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I have to milk the cow,” said Jonathan to the boy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stand by and watch a horse colic or a cow labor with a breech calf even though it meant personal ruin. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Taro makes a noise like a disgruntled cow, and then he looks at me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We decided that if she didn’t come back the next day with her little cows, she was the one who had told on me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says something to my father in Quichua and he translates: “Why don’t you walk around the pastures, where you used to go with the cows?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows declared unanimously that Snowball crept into their stalls and milked them in their sleep. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Pa took the shovel and shoveled it away, and then he shoveled a path to the barn, where the horses and the cows were snug and warm in their stalls. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know they say it's beef, but don't no cow have a little baby rib like this. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

To his left, golden hills rolled inland, dotted with lakes, woods, and a few herds of cows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was a dirty white in color and speckled all over with blue spots about the size of cow ticks. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can comfort her till the cows come home. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She said that was the reason the rest of the men left him at home to sort of look after the womenfolks and kids while they were gone on the cow drive. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

In many modern dairy farms a milk cow usually lives for about five years before being slaughtered. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be a cow or it might be the remains of a rabbit. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

All morning, Matilde and I pastured the cows and sheep together, with Cheetah close at my side. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the money—there weren’t enough cows in Kenya to send me to school in America—so I thought, Well, I’ll just have to change my plans. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The untended cows trampled into the palaces of the gods, and the gods themselves began to wear tattered robes because there was no cloth from which to make new ones. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would walk to town and return with a veterinarian who would check the cows and hens and, while he was at it, anybody who was sick. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Seth had simply been relieving pressure for the cow and letting it spill all over the floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As the sun was coming up, I brought the cows into the kraal, one by one, eight of them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s an herbivore. It’s like a big cow.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He mimed putting a metal bolt through a cow’s head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Someone said he only drank goat’s milk because he was allergic to cow’s milk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the roof is the saddest looking plastic cow I’ve ever seen. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

You hold a gourd next to the cow’s neck, and the blood pours into the gourd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the corral and marked the animals and plants: cow, goat, pig, hen, cassava, caladium, banana. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

"Can he drive a wagon or sail a ship? Could he butcher a cow?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross-timber or falcon’s perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer, cows, pigs, trees, trolls. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because from then on, every time I took the cows out to graze I made sure to take them where there was a lot of grass, because some of them were mine. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed the turtle kraals, the pens at the dock where they kept giant sea turtles like a herd of cows. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very faintly, on a downstairs radio, a sprightly female voice sang a song about yogurt, backed by a chorus of mooing cows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The man promised that he would give the woman her cows once the tree had gone. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I think about the spit you sometimes see, downtown, on the sidewalk; or cow’s tongues in butcher’s shops. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A cowboy rounded up the cattle in Lalao’s finca, and on her side of the fence, Doña Ana led her cow to the shack behind her house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Here is where the cow gets some help. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He watched them disappear over a ridge, and in a few minutes he saw the lead cow reappear on the far slope, still following the fence line. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I grew up drinking from the same bottle as that little cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It then quoted her as admitting she had been in the barn on Sunday night at nine- thirty and that a cow kicked over the lamp. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of talking about helping with the cows or having apple pie, Vonetta recited a small bit of our newly learned family history. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As they walked closer, the cows crowded closer together, and some of them lowered their heads and snorted as if they were fending off coyotes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I got the butchering knives out and we went together into the snow field and cut up the cow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmers nowadays find it difficult to obtain uncontaminated fodder for their milk cows, though the Food and Drug Administration forbids the presence of insecticide residues in milk shipped in interstate commerce. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

There stood all the cows, waiting to be let through the bars. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen the stud bulls on my grandfather's ranch during breeding season and witnessed their spectacles among the cows. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“And I be’s full as a Jersey cow,” said Aunt Loma, mocking her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Moving every day also keeps the cows healthier, because they can get away from their droppings, which can contain unhealthy parasites. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The collision with the sea cow had rattled me—I couldn’t help wondering what other creatures might be cruising around the dark cloudy basin. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We let Alphie crawl around in fields to look at cows and sheep and we laugh when the cows nuzzle him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He was right behind her, the scheming hyena! Not a coin in his pockets, not a cow to his name.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dragged the ladders into position, one beside each of two teats on the same side of the mammoth cow. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He told me, “Look at the cattle. Look at the noses of the cows. Do you see liquid there?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am expecting to find Cardan as I left him, cowed and quiet, perhaps even more miserable than before. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The next day while we were hiking across the field, through the pines, and over the creek to see JimmyTrotter, Miss Trotter, and the cows, I told Vonetta, “Don’t tell her everything Ma Charles said.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A lot of kids made fun of me, and I put on a lot of weight because I got a lot of cream from the cow instead of getting milk from my mom. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother always loved anything that normally grows or lives out of doors— anything—lizards, trees, cows, caterpillars, birds, flowers, crickets, toads, ants, pigs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

If that means forcing cows to eat corn, even when it is unnatural for them, then that is what must be done. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“But many would die inexplicably. And actually, they could see the cow, even without the milk, because Viola remains a mortal being.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

After checking on the chickens and collecting eggs each morning, it was to be my job to milk the cows. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A very few approached more slowly, always occupied by elderly people—little white heads, just above the window line—who stared at us without sympathy or expression, as they would at a field of cows. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Arsenic-contaminated environments have also caused sickness and death among horses, cows, goats, pigs, deer, fishes, and bees; despite this record arsenical sprays and dusts are widely used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I stared out the window at the open fields and munching cows zipping past us in the fading light. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The cow and the peacock were sacred to her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the cows right away, as soon as he got past the barn and the fence. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“With a picture of a cow on a farm,” Fern said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Listen here, son,” she told Mr. Lucas, who was instantly cowed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There was much to teach in a short time to these newly arrived migrants, who had never before seen anything like the parade of cows on Swift’s disassembly line. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They had cows too, with enough milk to sell the extra. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were we going to steal the clapper of the school bell, or would we tether a cow in chapel? A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Secretary, look in the Encyclopaedia and see what it says about cows with stars on their horns.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to declare myself in some different way, and—old enough to be marked by the internment but still too young for the full impact of it to cow me—I wanted in. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although we only had one milk cow then, it was nothing new to me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was time for the cattle to go out and graze, so the new cows went out with the rest of the herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern took off running toward the black-and-white cows and so did Vonetta, but not before she curtsied and said, “See you later, Great Miss Trotter!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Tell me, can you milk a dog like a cow or a goat?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a terrible, twisting pang, she imagined Adiah being led to the city’s square like a sacrificial cow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When it gets too old, perhaps 20 or so years old, you can slaughter it in a special ritual in your boma, the corral that surrounds the cows at night. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only certain animals, including cows, sheep, goats, and bison, can make a meal out of grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

You leaned against the cow’s side and crooned to it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We believe that cows are a gift from God. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” she says to a bunch of cow ladies who watch her along a fence. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The track to the Foresters' farm was bare mud, trodden into mire by the feet of horses and cows and sheep and dogs. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I’m never hungry until I’m real hungry and then I could eat a cow.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not at first. Except a few minutes to milk the cow.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The truck took forever, and the cows kept falling down. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blackavar was squatting a little way off, under an overhanging plume of cow parsley. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ogle! Hey, is that you? I heard your costume was awesome. And it is. Holy cow. You made that? So cool. Looks just like the movie.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As much as I wanted to lower my bed and crawl into it, I had a cow to milk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was no longer a child, to be cowed or forced into submission, but a grown woman with a definite purpose and an invincible determination. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, “Me. I’m the one. Holy cow. It’s in the paper?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The cows came jumping out of the barn. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the refrigerator sits a lonely pitcher of our cow’s milk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows had scattered by now, but the other bulls still sat quietly on the slope. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the agronomist had left, they also ate the imported cows and all the brood hens. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who knows when he got it—if he had it as long as Misty, or just got it from being with her when she died—but he was crazy like mad cow disease.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The cow’s hooves were the size of hot tubs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

By the time Pomp had detected this piece of deception, five or six cows were missing, and his master so wroth that Pomp scarce knew what to do. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Like all depot agents, Mr. Tuttle was cow coroner for the railroad, so I guessed right off that this was the farmer whose cow and mule got killed yesterday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I went back to the storeroom and knelt down on a sack of cow feed and prayed harder than I ever had before in my life. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“They’ve got watermelons twice the size of a cow’s head and sweeter than syrup.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head was a tumult of smells—phlox in bloom, ashes, cow dung, dog, cat, hens, stagnant water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked toward it through red dirt and dried leaves that cracked under our feet, the air smelling of wild roses, pine, and cows. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Next time you go to see the old cows, ask Miss Trotter which fountain she drinks out of when she goes to town.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Pa showed me how to draw milk from a cow before I could button my own britches. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I can not work hard any more, señora. I can milk a cow, feed chickens, cut a little wood; no more. I will stay here.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows raised their heads and watched the boys come down to the meadow. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a cow swimming slowly towards the fill in an oblique line. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Devil cow that she was, I felt she was giving me a message from heaven this time. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was a slaughtering of so many cows, pigs, and chickens for the endless parties that the ground in the courtyard turned black and muddy with so much blood. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They stood back by the wagon and watched the cows walk up to the cactus cautiously, sneezing at the smoldering ashes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was on his way back into town after a fruitless search that he caught sight of the cow munching on a bale of mildewed government hay in the pen behind Forest Service headquarters. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed that she had been shaped up by a cow kicking her from behind. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“If you spell ‘cow’ inside a cupcake, can a vegetarian eat it?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Did cows object to people who picked their flowers? she wondered. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cow moved, heavy as a camel, turned her head and began to lick the calf, covering its face with her tongue, and sucking up the mucus and blood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The chickens were fidgety, the cows were skittish, and the pigs were sullen and glum. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We milked first—since cows don’t celebrate Christmas—and then came in to a breakfast of eggs and grapefruit and cherry babka and hot tea. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He would have been happy there with his horses and his cows, his land, and a big empty sky overhead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d heard of sea cows, like manatees and stuff, but this really was a cow with the back end of a serpent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Before I could say anything in reply, she was across the yard, she and the cow squelching their way through the gumbo toward the sheep camp. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Usually it takes three people to get the blood from a cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her high-pitched voice, which parted the air in the Store, was forever stilled, and the plump brown face had been deflated and patted flat like a cow’s ordurous dropping. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My tasks were simple but many; I milked the cow under her supervision, gathered eggs, swept, and was through in time to serve breakfast. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But every cow moved as she took that one step. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down, and there was my friend the cow serpent, swimming next to the dock. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Preparing the site would require heavy construction, grading, and converting cow paths into four-lane highways. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I mean, no one drew a bus or a spaceship or a cow— they all drew these same shapes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be back in Bybanks, Kentucky, in the hills and the trees, near the cows and chickens and pigs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The cow would shudder violently and blood would spurt down his neck and through his nose into a drain in the cement floor and he’d die. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each monster was about the size of a cow, with a bowed back like a broken-down horse, matted gray fur, skinny legs, and black cloven hooves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His hand went backward 330 and, fishing out a cow’s foot from the basket, he let it fly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nation was named after my father’s favorite cow. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sheep and alpacas were selected for retention of wool and reduction or loss of hair, while cows have been selected for high milk yields. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike mealies, which were sometimes in short supply, milk from our cows and goats was always plentiful. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cow is different from us in many ways. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Let’s say you want to remember ten animals: elephant, giraffe, cow, duck, bison, echidna,* sheep, praying mantis, ladybug, and tabby cat. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We can live through next winter on what is in the store, and so can the cows and the chickens. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stuff like xanthan gum, which is made from bacteria; Carbopol, which is an acrylic polymer like house paint; and gelatin, which is made from cow cartilage. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Grandpa found her behind a stack of ninety-five-pound sacks of cow feed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Second, when my family asked me, “Where did you lose the cows?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, in an attempt to clean out her courtyard, Petra Cotes exchanged the rabbits for a cow, who two months later gave birth to triplets. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The fog lifted some more and Jonathan saw the cow. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They called for Grandpa and Lena in the barn, just to be sure, starting with small voices to avoid startling the cow and gradually building to shouts. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

If they want to attack a herd, they first try to make the cows panic. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, there’s something about coming into a barn full of warm cows, their sweet breath, the scent of the dry hay, and the sounds of their shuffling and snuffling. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I had to stand inside with the cows, and I had to help out. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why does Daddy do a reindeer like a cow?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bang,” he said, and took off flying around the cow field. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sound of troops at route step, shuffle in the dust, dull clink of mess kits, a band in the distance, tinny, forlorn, raw call of a cow in the sunlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there’s a stream gurgling under a bridge on the road, birds singing and cows mooing and lambs baaing, that’s better than any band in a film. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the cow, then to the shed. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, Carl Tiflin taught him to milk and put a cow under his care, so that a new chore was added night and morning. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you insist on having the cow, then I advise you to taste her milk before you decide,” God said. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten thousand years ago, there were no dairy cows or ferret hounds or large ears of corn. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Fern herded the lone chicken back to the flock, she stayed close to her chickens, her dog, and her cows. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The building was already burning fiercely and he knew that in addition to five cows, the O’Learys had a calf and a horse in there. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

We say it is like flashing your cow’s tail. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As everyone knows, cows are sacred to Hindus, so it was a serious thing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

If we want sweeter milk, we take our cows to special places where they can eat leaves from a certain tree and a certain grass. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we don’t get burped to death by the cows we’ll end up like the Sahara Desert, says my father cheerfully, finishing up the meatloaf. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they found tracks and sagging wires on the fences with bits of light hair caught in the barbs, they rode through the Acoma gate and brought the cows back again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They lived in the same one-roomed hut with their families, few chickens, litter of pigs, or with a cow possibly called Crumbocke—most dreadful and insanitary! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows stayed in the barn all the time now, except on sunny mornings when they went out and stood in the barnyard in the lee of the straw pile. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

So I went home, and with Lmatarion and a friend and some soldiers I knew, I went up to an area near the Ethiopian border where there are a lot of cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor and slovenly people of De Koven Street — specifically Mrs. O’Leary and her cow — were the cause of the fire and the destruction of Chicago. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the cows wander far enough to sniff the odor of lion urine, they know a killer is nearby and run in the opposite direction—right toward the waiting lions. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Your father begged on the roads, and your mother’s roora was a basket of stale millet! My roora was a herd of fine cows.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

One elder would say, “Oh, I want to move to that big rock in the distance. That’s where my grandfather is buried. It is a very good area for cows.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snorted like Daisy, our milk cow, when she had seen a booger. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Know what that is? A kind of puke. You were puked up by a cow.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alyce sang and rubbed, calling the cow Sweetheart and Good Old Girl as she heard Will do, and the boy pushed and pulled and worked as hard as the cow. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He capered about on the table; and when he came a second time to the cow jumped over the Moon, he leaped in the air. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The cow’s udder was bloated, nearly as badly as the first time they had milked her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Sooner or later we’re going to be a cinder anyway, he implies, so why worry about a few cows more or less? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cook smiled through his beard and sat up straighten “Shank’s got more guts than I’ve fried up from every pig and cow in the last year.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Now it tastes like a cow pasture...a sunny cow pasture.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Right now, one of our cows—it is my brother’s cow, a bull—is blessed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained that wild animals were out of the question as were the larger varieties of domestic animal such as cow or horse. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Milked mammals include the cow, sheep, goat, horse, reindeer, water buffalo, yak, and Arabian and Bactrian camels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Cartilage of cow,” he tells me, “and spine of black beetle.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Under the awning is a large plaster cow, life-size, more than big enough for one or two people to hide behind. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This time there were pictures of a cow, a whale, a camel, and an elephant. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

By then I understood how it was with roosters and hens, of course, and cows and dogs and cats. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I know where it is! Turn right here, and then left at the ugly cow. Then look for a Jack in the Box. It’s in the back, behind the parking lot.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They saw their apples, mutter, mutter, curse, curse, old cow, stupid teacher. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fingerless wool gloves knitted late at night—sitting up in bed while Carl snored—she’d perched on a stool, milking cows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We’d open up the store at seven a.m. and Sam would saw lumber, cut ice, stack the meats out, stock the shelves, feed the cow in the backyard, all before we Ieft for school. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went to work on the net, untangling it section by section, getting lead weights and fishing hooks straightened out, yanking out knots around the cow serpent’s hooves. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But the ruffians could not now be cowed so easily. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They bolted down the ramp nimbly, and as each cow saw the open gate ahead, she lowered her head and snorted, racing out the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It comes from other cows that have been sent to the slaughterhouse. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in farmyards when the cows return well fed from pasture to the barn, one sees the pens give way before the calves in tumult, breaking through to cluster about their mothers, bumping together, bawling. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When there was milk, we bled a cow, mixed the blood with the milk, and drank it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you will come as well. No doubt he will find something for you to do. Now I must sell the cow and the house to get money for our trip.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cows wandered all over Heaven and cloth did not get woven. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The king wants a Champion—and you couldn’t shoot a cow in a pasture!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

What had been cow manure and woodchips just a few weeks before now smelled as sweet and warm as the forest floor in summertime. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know cows came in that color. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Holy cow. In that case, what a save. Marlena’s really something. But you already knew that, didn’t you?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“They look like...starving, shaggy cows with sheepdog hair.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately after that he shuddered going over a painted cattleguard on the road, muttering to himself, “It sure beats me how a handful of white stripes can fool cows like that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma said that Laura might come with her while she milked the cow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow serpent freaked out and started struggling against the net, its eyes full of terror. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was jealous of that cow because she was at home and I was not. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The charm woman heard that the tree had fallen off the man’s head and she sent a young boy to tell him to send her two cows. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Milk samples taken from the Wallers’ purebred Guernsey cows 48 hours later contained DDT in the amount of 14 parts per million. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Carl dropped out of school after the eighth grade and worked twelve to fourteen hours a day on the farm, harvesting with a team of horses, baling hay, milking and feeding the cows. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

And last year, Logan called Colette a fat cow. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

An alternative hunger-fighting technique was to imitate cows, regurgitating a recent meal and eating it again. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He played cow bingo with the same fervor as he played his last college basketball game at Saint Luke’s. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the barn, another cow and the horse were tied to the wall, straining to get loose. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had a few tough chickens and one scrawny cow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By sunset, though, the forest has disappeared, replaced by rolling wheat fields and cow pastures: Normandy, breadbasket and butter churn of France. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then he tells me that hamburgers are cow meat. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His slouch tells me he is cowed by me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One had its head right in the cow, eating from the inside. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, then added: “And don’t touch the cow’s udders anymore. It’s immature and probably blasphemous.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Grammy gave all kinds of ad vice, and we laughed about the man dressed like a cow in a tutu. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

A cow might be sick or a fox might be in the chicken coop. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been deliberately created by humans—by the selective breeding of variants from the same ancestral cow. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the fields, nothing moved except the constantly swishing tails of the cows gathered flank to flank in the shade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow was waiting to be milked and fed, but gave only half a can of milk—less each day, but better than none, which was what it would be soon. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“On the one hand, I’m still hungry. On the other hand, it smells like my cow’s butt.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

If roaches talked, and bats played ball games, then probably there was a cow jumping a moon somewhere, too. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sum total of vegetation on this land was enough to keep one cow in food for approximately sixteen days out of every year. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows that the Bantu acquired from the tsetse-free Sahel zone failed to survive the Bantu expansion through the equatorial forest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He and I had us a great manure war then, throwing dried cow cushions and sheep pills and horse biscuits at each other and dying laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In front of the bus stop sign, a woman was already waiting, chewing tobacco as placidly as a cow chewing its cud. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

After a little thought, the pigs sent for buckets and milked the cows fairly successfully, their trotters being well adapted to this task. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Then one day he added, “Find the cow.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

These creatures were as different from the grazing animals nearby as a human was from a cow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then a shadow fell across the grate and a cow stared down at me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“If you’re so afraid of the cow,” the voice said, “why don’t you just climb the fence?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

All around me the people move like a herd of cows in a stampede, yelling and crying out family members’ names. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I tried to sleep I would see huge wobbly white bags, like the full udders of cows, suspended from the ceiling above me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days after leaving Venice, Hazel still couldn’t get the noxious scent of eau de cow monster out of her nose. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At last I went, cowed, but with the waters of panic receding. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

You need cows and people to milk them and more people to churn that milk into butter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We are known for being a strong, strapping group, healthy from drinking lots of milk straight from the cow. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I knew it was Daisy, our milk cow. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After while, we on a long, bumpy road with pasture on both sides, cows flapping at the flies with they tails. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Every time I got it close to the raft, it beat about with such frenzy that I was cowed into letting out some line. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

These are just some of the incredible things that happen because Joel Salatin doesn’t let his cows graze in the same spot too long. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“The cows are emaciated. People don’t know what to do anymore.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The sheriff couldn’t stand to see cows fooled by that phony cattleguard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’d utter a quick prayer and plunge the knife blade into the cow’s neck. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have dim apprehensions that such propositions as ‘God does not exist’ are somewhat dubious at least in comparison with statements like ‘All carnivorous cows eat meat.’ Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At the Mauthen farm, maybe. But this is just the work of a rabid cow- lizard.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They named the property Marianna Farm, combining Marian’s name and her mother’s, and stocked the place with a collection of farm animals that included horses and cows, chickens, pigs, and sheep. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

They were going to drive that cow right through it! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And cows and chickens need humans to help them do those things. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At the time, there was a little cow that had lost its mom. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the unlikely tinkle of a cow’s bell. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m here for stealing six cows, two Jerseys and four Guernseys. Cow theft, that’s my crime. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had seen the dead hair before on dogs and on cows, and it was a sure sign. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Betsy was his cow, but neither of us would have been prouder of that outsized calf had it been a child. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One mule was worth more than that skinny cow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

We’d drive the young cows to a place where we knew there was a lot of grass. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she was completely, utterly terrified of cows. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That would be in plenty of time for winter feed for the cows and chickens; and I could cut some off and can it, and also grind cornmeal. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

An old man with a wooden leg thumped back and forth across the road, clutching his temples and announcing to everyone who passed, “They shot my cow.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Once outside, Jonathan moved to the cow and stroked her about her ears, still searching about for a bucket. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our cows ceased to be scared when I was a baby. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

We store the eggs in a musty, falling-down wooden shed next to the cow pen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow mooed, and he recoiled, crouching and grabbing the ladder with both hands to steady himself. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“The thing the bull uses on the cow.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she sat on the dirt floor of a smokehouse, surrounded by the dried carcasses of two pigs, a cow, and a deer, feeling scared and powerless. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Alexandra, if given the chance, would pick out some nice clean cow of a girl from Wild Fork for Henry and give the children her blessing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ever since, just the thought of cows made her ill. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We know someone with a lot of cows has worked hard, taken risks, brought his cows to where there is grass and water. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you call a cow that eats your grass?” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Since Lightfoot, just being around them was like getting fussed at for wearing shoes in winter and having a cow and a family cook. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

During the killing season, after the first frost, all neighbors helped each other to slaughter hogs and even the quiet, big-eyed cows if they had stopped giving milk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid he was going to strangle Beth Ann, but then he smiled and his eyes became friendly enormous cow eyes once again. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bet a cow you told Mother all about it,” he said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

You know how if a cow ain’t stripped proper she gets a swollen bag and sore tits? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There was no spiral of lazy blue smoke twisting from the rock chimney, no white leghorn hen chasing a June bug, no horse or cow standing with head down and tail switching. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if we ties down the horses and cows at night, them mosquitoes don’t usually carry ’em off.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon, I take the two^minute walk down the dusty dirt side street to our cow pen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uneasy, he grabbed hold of the rope, which was dangling from the cow’s neck, and led her toward the shed. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

An insignificant little cow....He turned Io reluctantly over to his wife and Hera knew very well how to keep her away from him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand that” said the Wart doubtfully, “but I still think it was a shame that the cow thed. Could I not have Kay with me just once?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with a cowcatcher on the front, the trains often stopped for a cow on the track. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys had to keep an eye on the cows, but the cows did not really need much care. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked down the street past the chocolate-eyed cows and the long-faced horses, unable to keep a smile from twitching at her Ups. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You ever talk to that cow my father married?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the closets they found a variety of tools and equipment, but no obvious gear for milking gargantuan cows. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

One had depictions of what looked like Nali’s mobile home with a cornfield, plants, sheep, cows, and a family on it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Leafie strode over, fearlessly grabbed the cow’s heavy leather collar, and led it to the barn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the dining room, Trey, Dad, and me sit quiet, cowed. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And for a while, she gave him to a rainbow-colored cow to give him super milk while she was away. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

A farmer would just appear in the doorway and yell, “I need two boys to help with the cows,” and they’d be out the door in a flash. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Beside her, munching grass, stood a cow with a brass ring in its nose. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the cow monsters peeled off from the herd to chase Nico and Hazel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You left our cows with someone else? What kind of a son are you?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the winter, the cows and other animals come off the pastures and into the barns. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

By then we had opened the gate and the cows were following us back. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imagines the thousands of turkeys and chickens, the cows, and the hundred and fifty rosy-cheeked adults and children, settling in for the night. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She said, “We want to see the cows, Aunt Miss Trotter. Now.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It trapped cows and pigs and sheep and drowned them in its muddy brown water and carried them to the sea. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A television journalist in the Farm Belt once said this about a suspected outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease: The pasture contained several cows seen by news reporters that were dead, diseased, or dying. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drought years shrank the hide tighter to the bones; ewes dropped weak lambs and cows had no calves in the spring. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sound at all, except the occasional distant barking of a dog or a lowing of a cow. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ground-up cattle brains were put into cattle feed and some of those cows got mad cow disease. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For if a private cow happened to wander out of its barren pasture onto National Forest land, the cow’s owner, and not the Forest Service, was to blame. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road no longer belonged to the cows. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

First the knocker dealt each cow a blow to the head. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The house is located in a tiny hamlet, a Hooterville of eight stone houses huddled in a knot and surrounded by rolling hills decorated with cows and sheep. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Those plow animals were the cow, horse, water buffalo, Bali cattle, and yak / cow hybrids. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we rushed the cow, that ponderous beast — uneasy still in spite of its four-legged stance — fled; and we gave up our race for aimless crawling and darting. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had the bag for it, too, and Mama was certain this time that she’d get a milk cow to replace Rose. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yellow bull grazed in open view, but the speckled cows stayed in the juniper, listening like deer to Tayo’s approach, their spotted hides blending into the sandy talus of the big mesa. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s way shorter than I am, but I suddenly feel very small next to this lady who just shot a cow and doesn’t seem affected by it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“The Count would like to know the secrets behind our cows’ greatness, is that not correct, sir?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment of wistfulness, I try to let go of these memories, let go of my friends from Kunu Yaku, my beautiful cow, all the other sweet parts of my old life. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big cow and the little one were standing in the door, and we could hear Prince and Queenie and Fancy stomping inside the barn. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we traveled by train to Lahore, where my dadi lived on a sprawling village farm outside the city, complete with chickens, cows, and fields of turnip greens. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

My father had to pay many cows to her male relatives as a sign of his respect before he could marry her and give their children his name. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we went up there and bought the cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The land dripped with richness, the fat cows and pigs gleaming against green, and, in the smaller holdings, corn standing in little tents as corn should, and pumpkins all about. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At about three o’clock in the morning the cows came home by themselves, but I didn’t know that. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be passed from one owner to another like a cow? Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the pup has gorged on stewed cow and cream,” returned Shed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In treated fields the grasses will inevitably carry residues of heptachlor in one of its forms, and if the residues are eaten by the cows the poison will appear in the milk. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, fences were constantly being snipped accidentally so that skinny cows, horses, or sheep might wander off their owner’s mini-dustbowls into their neighbors’ less parched fields. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is my maa and baap and my brothers and our cow, which we had to sell so I could marry you. This is our marketplace, where my baap has a stall to write letters.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of wet cow and pig manure permeated my pores. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I thought about all the routine things I should be doing—milking the cow, feeding the chickens, collecting the eggs, and weeding the garden. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only sure way to get a cow to stand is to take a piece of rubber and tie it over its nose and mouth. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his boot heels hit the ground, they squawked like a chicken, then mooed like a cow. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

At Holi a special red powder mixed with cow’s dung and urine is thrown at everyone. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s too early for her to be dry. We don’t have much use for a milk cow that don’t milk.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I smile as I remember that “guy” in Urdu is the word for “cow.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He has a hundred and one reasons not to marry the cow so he can buy the milk for free. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the necks of the cows closest to her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They swung around, almost as one rider, and rode off, the cow forgotten. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He considered the choice and picked the cow. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Healthy fat caribou cows gave birth to many calves. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took exactly one more minute before he heard the distinct groan of a cow in distress on the other side of the stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Two farmers, each leading this year’s cow, passed each other, shouting prices. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could dive into the sea, but how could I make a quick getaway with a five-hundred-pound cow serpent? The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“What an extraordinary thing! I always thought dancing improper, but it can’t be since I myself am dancing. For I am a model cow.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Think about it. You’re dripping with warm, raw milk while your face rubs down a cow nipple about a hundred times.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Now I know he’ll rest in peace. Uncle Eugene gave Mom so much money she’s buying seven cows for the funeral!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The mills and cattle were also given to Jeremiah, but the following year, Musaiwale, the oldest brother, forcefully took one mill and half the cows. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I have gloves made from the hide of a very young cow, but I did not use them to hoist her, carry her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother was the first to arrive where the cow had been killed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she told Mr. Chris the next day, he said he’d take her over and introduce her to those cows properly, which he did. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Buried clear to their butts in composting cow manure, the pigaerators were a bobbing sea of wriggling hams and corkscrew tails. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As my grandmother remembered it, their land had been large enough in those days for real grass to grow in a pasture, enough to support one of the few cows in the island’s history. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows on these “farms” spend their time in a fenced lot eating organic grain except for the three times a day they are hooked up to milking machines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Money for another cow, or a car, or zinc for the new outhouse. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A friend who once pulled me from a frozen cow pond and saved my life. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I knew he was trying to talk them out of taking the cows. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had to ride in one of the wheelbarrows as I now had neither trousers nor shoes—they hid me under the same sacking they’d used to hide the radios, stinking of onion and cows. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I also went and milked the cow; I am afraid of her going dry immediately if I neglect that much more, since the calf is beginning to graze. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the same time, grasses have evolved over millions of years to be eaten by cows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I always think of it that way: “Here comes Steven, bursting into his Big Solo. Watch those hands — they’re too quick to follow. Holy cow, this kid is a magician!” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early last summer, when Mama was having one of her spells and not paying much attention, Charlie had again sneaked the cow down the mountain to the Stevenses’ place. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead, on the main floor, nothing stirred: the cows were resting, the horses dozed. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I get under the cow and pull on a teat but she kicks and moves and I’m sure she’s going to kill me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The cows were annoyed when we came in a little late for milking. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the cobblestone courtyard, a dozen shaggy cow creatures were sniffing around the mossy base of an old stone well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Switch out the ancient columns and ruined temples for cows and barbed wire, and Leo would’ve felt right at home. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In particular you don’t need to know how to draw a cow with no clothes on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll think about it,” I say, and step outside into the cool dusk, thick with the scent of fresh earth and cows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then here came three cows with young calves and a roan bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

After milking that morning, I had poured me a big glass of sweetmilk, warm right out of the cow, but that wasn’t enough to call breakfast. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The arches over the doors were painted with black cows, white poplar trees, and owls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Later Sitti would tell them her new bathtub swallowed water with the sound of a cow. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The information includes details about the exact hfpe of cow or pig, what kind of feed it was given, what drugs, if amj, when it was slaughtered, and more. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“In my grandfather’s time, cows were four or five years old at slaughter,” Rich Blair explained to me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He saw the wildflowers in the heavy grass, and he saw the red cows against the hillsides, moving up the easy ascending paths and eating as they went. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They got the name because Indians supposedly kept sea cows penned up there a long time ago. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The COs soon learned of the squadron’s prowess; angry farmers came calling after the 372nd’s hundred-pound bombs flattened an outhouse and one unfortunate cow. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The United States Department of Agriculture would doubtless answer that it has advised farmers to keep milk cows out of treated pastures for 30 to 90 days. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

On one of them hung a tilting picture—of a cow. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Every time the cow moves, its huge rib cage shifts between my legs, and my heels slide over the ribs like fingers over piano keys. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows and the horses and the sheep watched her as she ran herself out, as she fell in a heap at the top of a hill. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Clara woke a little before it, having had an apocalyptic nightmare of exploded horses, cows hurled into the sea, people crawling under stones, and gaping caverns in the earth into which whole houses were falling. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goat gives milk, the sheep gives wool, the cow gives everything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A cow bawled from the middle of the stream. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A cow was lowing when he went to sleep. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I packed the water in a bucket that Papa had made out of the hide of a cow’s leg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow is standing in the bam door, chewing. As I Lay Dying 1930-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Leaving the cow and the wagon out by the river to be driven off. You’re lucky those boys didn’t hurt you!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Real mad—like a mama cow determined to keep you away from her new calf. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The blue whale has the largest heart, weighing more than a thousand pounds, the size of an average dairy cow. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“A cow knocked over a lantern,” Frankie repeated, then chuckled in disbelief. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I put the idea out of my mind and milked the cow. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“A very extraordinary thing. There’s a cow down in the Lane,” said Michael, jumping up and down on the window-seat. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I had never seen cows in China but it was not the cows themselves that impressed me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He. wondered idly if cows were ever scared—really scared. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the end, however, it was the cows who were responsible for the wood’s isolation, and the cows, through some wisdom they were not wise enough to know that they possessed, were very wise indeed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. O’Hanlon rose and said, “As the cow said to the milkman on a cold morning, ‘Thank you for the warm hand.’ Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He had never heard it called Texas roping before; he knew it as steer roping, because they used old stringy Mexican steers rather than more expensive cows or calves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I do have some cow hearts pickling in the basement,” he said, pretending to consider it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He fell down again and the cows ran down the hill. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There aren’t enough Patriots in Redding to stop a pair of cows going through.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this Sabbath morning he was already dressed when I went out to milk the cow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“We have to move because this location is not good for our cows anymore,” one elder would say. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, stunned cows, each weighing nearly a ton, would simply fall to the floor and have to be dragged by three or four men to be hung up for slicing open and skinning. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I got next to the thing and saw that it was a cow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t saved this varmint from a wolf to lose her to some cow disease. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

With enough feed, we figured to get some milking cows when we saved enough from selling more ribbon syrup. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s how it worked—you paid the driver a little money, but you also had to help out with the cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The awning and the ridiculous cow cover us as much as I hoped they would: Two pairs of soldiers have walked past without noticing we’re there. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The cows ran down the hill again, across the door. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, some organic milk comes from cows on small farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He still ran away bleating if any of the cows took it into their heads to look at him sideways, but most of the time they couldn’t be bothered and he managed to muddle through. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time my cousin Lee Cheun puts me on a cow, I am afraid I will fall off. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My ma died when I was born, and being my old man was a government packer in the mountains, and no cows around most of the time, why he just gave me mostly mare’s milk.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just have one look and see if the cow’s still there.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

ONE AFTERNOON, I’m pasturing the cow on the colegio grounds, walking along the concrete wall of the school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked her milk cows, too, but they just blinked their big, peaceful eyes at me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I took the cows, and I grazed them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog raced down the backbone of the cow to the attack and Janie screamed and slipped far back on the tail of the cow, just out of reach of the dog’s angry jaws. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The cow edged away, but you rolled up one of the empty banana leaves and held it out to the cow. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There it will feed the grasses, so the grasses might again feed the cows, the cows the chickens, and so on until the snow falls. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was a tall man with imposing muscles, but in that instant he sounded cowed and confused. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to start bringing cows into it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Though I knew they’d make the sacrifice, I couldn’t let them sell any more cows for me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was mocking me, of course, expecting me to slink down into my seat, cowed and ashamed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Luke Stevens tied the horse and cow to the back of the wagon and then came around to give Lyddie a hand up, but she pretended not to see. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

First I made a list of all the things I liked, and they were all things from Bybanks— the trees, the cows, the chickens, the pigs, the fields, the swimming hole. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

What I knew about was cows, so we didn’t have a lot in common. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls saw cows and horses, and they seemed unusually fascinated by the chickens. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He took me to the cows, looked them over, and said, “This is Sile. She has got three calves—that one, that one, that one. They’re yours.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forage samples from fields where the cows had grazed were of course contaminated also. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For Josh to so nonchalantly trot through the mare’s legs, as well as the legs of the black cow pony, then back to me, came in the form of a message.... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

All night I could hear people walking by looking for the cows—and looking for me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wagon, pulled by two yellow skinny cows moving very slowly, arrives later that evening. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cowboys often rode my way, chasing down the odd Tipped M cow or two. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I could go around on all fours like a cow and eat every blade of grass in the field!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Corn could be eaten by us, by the chickens, and, if there was any left over, by the cows—stalks and all. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But to a cow, a fresh pasture is like a salad bar, with lots of different things to eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Or the hay, containing residues of 7 to 8 parts per million, may be fed to cows. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She cowed the black one with a whip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s something I have to tell you. Doctor Korczak was right. There was a cow. And it burned like a marshmallow!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"New milk, fresh from the cow! Best in the land! New milk!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the holy cow looks like he is moving. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"The day Tía Mimi marries, cows will fly," we cousins teased. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I was traded in for the price of six goats and a cow for my eldest sister's wedding. My parents promised they'd come back to get me as soon as they repaid him.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

That it was a cow in distress he had no doubt. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The village wanted to kill a cow for you.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One woman led a milk cow with a little girl on its back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And from the distance, as if it were answering, one of the cows mooed, a real bellow, long and loud. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I can’t wait to show Phoebe and Ben the swimming hole and the fields, the hayloft and the trees, and the cows and the chickens. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He slept until about noon, and during that time I went down to the far field, past the pond, to get the two cows and the calf and put them back into the pasture. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tateh would take us there to slaughter the cows in the kosher faith I made it a point to go see them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the saddest example of this might be what it means for cows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Joel’s cows were harvesting their own feed: grasses that had grown right there, powered by little more than sunlight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“We were hoping Sophie was carrying a female. We could sure use a young milking cow, especially with Sophie getting older. No such luck.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Protecting our precious cows from predators is a constant problem. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow ponies, the broncs, the show horses, and the weary racers: All had helped to craft Smith into the complete horseman. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows would grow thin and sometimes starve to death. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Shelob cowed at last, shrunken in defeat, jerked and quivered as she tried to hasten from him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I kept careful track of her the same way as I used to mind the neighbor’s bull when I took the milk cows out to pasture. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon is so bright I can look down the field and see the things called cows and sheep and I wonder why they don’t go home. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On top of that, there were the cows to milk, Little Arliss to look after, clothes to wash, wood to cut, and old Jumper to worry with. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella peered into the darkness, and yes, she could clearly see the shape of a cow, and yes, it seemed to have no head! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We killed many cows for their oil, using spears, but the teeth were not large. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No? Maybe if you let me see the cows, I’ll keep your secret about putting out the milk.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Every tendon is straining, stretched taut like the muscles of cows at the butcher shop that had died in fear. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hera is often called “cow-faced,” as if the adjective had somehow stuck to her through all her changes from a divine cow to the very human queen of heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d heard it, too—a kind of a thump and then a cow bawling. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, the stars—during the day, they go out and graze, like the cows do. So you don’t see them. At night, they come home and sleep, and we see them up there.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, as you approached, you’d find his prize pigs hobbled out on the prairie like most folks do horses or cows. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Helen’s Chinese astrological sign was a cow; Ralph’s, a pig; Theresa’s, a dog. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the daytime the cows were turned into the high stubble and weeds which had been left by the harvest sickles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had turkeys and cows and chickens and geese, and other horses besides Rider. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She thought of Ben and how he had said, “Any old body can go through a woods crashing and mashing things down like a cow.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has that same I might have to kill a cow look that Darma has. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

As the payback for giving me the dirty finger I said out loud to By, “How many cows you counted, By? How many red cars so far?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, they stood there, waiting for another call from the cow. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a barn where the cows and pigs were kept, and there was a greenhouse filled with blooming flowers and growing vegetables. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I might see a cow on the track and there’ll be an emergency.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They unloaded the cows one by one, looking them over carefully. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I have friends who have tried milk fresh from the cow. They survived.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He removed his straw hat and swept it grandly in the direction of the fresh salad bar, and called his cows to their dinner. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Middle of winter I almost drowned in a cow pond when I was little, maybe eight. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

If cows ate too many, their stomachs swelled, and sometimes they died before the doctor could come to help. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Protected by the cow’s bulk, we managed to reach the other side of the street. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as you pass the test, you’re allowed to ask for cows from everyone in your family who is present. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rahel was first blacklisted in Nazareth Convent at the age of eleven, when she was caught outside her Housemistress’s garden gate decorating a knob of fresh cow dung with small flowers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever Josiah cut a cow away from the rest of the herd, Tayo swung the gate open wide and stepped back to let it run into the holding pen. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Farmers harshly whip their cows and oxen to pull the wagons faster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far below, cows speckled the rolling pastures, their shadows stretching toward the silo. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I wonder why the Angkar keeps uprooting and relocating people, herding them like cows from one location to another. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and the girls were eager to grow a garden and keep a cow. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s cool. No sword. See? No sword. Calm thoughts. Sea grass. Mama cows. Vegetarianism.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Did Aaron Giebel see the iceberg looming as he built his San Simeon and dreamed his dream of cows strong enough to pull buildings? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the new experience of riding on a cow becomes dull when you do it everyday. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow had knocked over meat racks and bumped into an old woman. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

How he hadn’t been the least bit cowed by the rude remarks or digs of the night. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

This one had a more confident flow and they crossed it by a stone bridge thick with cow dung. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“How you able to predict cows like that?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because they are not raising identical chickens or cows in giant, crowded sheds, a single illness doesn’t represent a threat to them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He struck a match, intending to smoke a cigarette, but something seen by the light of the flaring match brought him to his feet and carried him across the barn to a cow stall. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, we began to get used to the darkness, but it was still difficult to tell a lion from a cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that time I was bruised all over from the cows banging into me, and my legs were bloody from the scratches I got from the acacia thorns. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lump in his neck shaped like a miniature cow was removed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the last blow struck, for the wounded cat made off across the yard and disappeared under the fence of the cow byre. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard about them. They brought in Swiss cows.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of cows is thick, the wind is just barely warm, and the clouds are white trimmed with gold. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

At last he said, “That whole marsh was a meadow back when I was a boy. We used to keep cows.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You can stay with my cows as long as you like.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was with the cows, they were my responsibility. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our legends say that God offered the first Dinka man a choice between the gift of the first cow and a secret gift, called the “What.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What will they do with all those cows?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Tell me how it’ll be, Billy. Is it like when the cows have calves?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her experiences with Hera the cow queen, the katoblepones of Venice and the pictures of creepy death cows in the House of Hades hadn’t helped. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When one cow dared To moo, mi perrito barked And showed his flashing teeth. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked at her as if she were a cow for sale. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But these cows were lots littler than that other one. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He refused cow’s milk in any form or container and took to drinking black coffee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look here. She’s likely to turn back into a sour old cow by breakfast, so I say have a good sit- down and enjoy a little peace.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every cow in the circle tossed its head then and said, “Mooooo!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice they thought it might be a brown cow or mule, dragging its hooves in the sand and raising and lowering its weary head. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled under the barb wire, stepped around a wet cow splat, and headed for the Snodgrass barn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I even put in the cow and the bandicoot. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“These cows are...never you mind. Idea is, this ain’t just any milk. It’s highly contaminated. I wash my hands good after even handling the stuff.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Should I turn left,” says Henry, “or is there an uglier cow up ahead?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She dressed like that often when she went after her sheep or helped one of her cows with a calving—all business and matter-of-fact—but the pink in her cheeks made me think of roses. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We slaughter a cow for its meat only to mark a big occasion. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bureau of Nutrition Education has distributed endless flyers encouraging us to eat potato skins, drink skim milk, try cow brains. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was enough winter pasture for the three cows, but just barely. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The enemies’ horses would thunder up into the clearing, leaping the pig-fences, sending the cows and the pigs away mooing and squealing, and the two bands of men would charge. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

They plodded over the filthy drawbridge—a butter one, with cow hairs still in it—sinking to their ankles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was also careful not to be seen by the cows, which get alarmed easily and would have warned the rest of the herd with their cries. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like for instance Papa said old man Plunket told him the train hit a mule and a cow at the same time yesterday just outside of Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I want milk,” complained the old man, but unfortunately none of the cows was producing at the moment. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trail was splashed with cow manure, and he reined the mare in frequently to lean down from the saddle to see how fresh it was. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby yelped and clutched his leg and told her that in addition to being crazy she was a stupid klutz cow. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A thin red cow with a protruding pelvic bone appeared and swam straight out to sea without wetting her horns, without looking back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at this moment the three cows, who had seemed uneasy for some time past, set up a loud lowing. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“You kill the sacred cows of the sun god for hamburger meat?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

By the end of the second week, she was standing and belching and chewing her cud—the gentlest cow I ever milked. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roza had said, “You have tongue like cow!” and laughed and laughed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

So by taking a bite of grass, a cow actually helps create new soil. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There is hardly room to step without landing on someone’s foot, a squawking chicken, or a pile of cow dung. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“This car drinks more water than a cow,” he grumbled. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When the buckboard topped the rise Adam could look down on the little cluster of buildings which composed the Hamilton seat—a house with many lean-tos, a cow shed, a shop, and a wagon shed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There could be a cow somewhere being fed and cared for. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The cow sunk a little with the added load and thrashed a moment in terror. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I would sit by the cow and drink my milk out of the teat. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And our dog, Bell, and two horses and lots of chickens, cows, and pigs. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Reminded her of our cows. And when she still wouldn’t take the milk back, I poured it out right there and gave her the bucket.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Following her advice, I stop holding on so hard and sway my upper body with the movement of the cow. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was yet a lingering odor of cows in the barn and he stood there thinking about cows and he realized they were extinct. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But if that man loses his cows because he doesn’t care for them properly, or is too lazy to take them to better pastures, no one will pay attention. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

How long ago, an angel who kept the herd of cows in the sky married an earth girl, the Spinning Maid, and took her to live with him in Heaven. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days earlier a half dozen drunken soldiers had noticed her cow in her barn, butchered it right there, and carried the slabs of beef back to the encampment in the dark. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And number three is the personality of a cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not headless—it’s a white cow with a black head, you little featherbrain!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the rope around the cow’s neck and led it closer to the house. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He could dress a cow from start to finish: skin it, split its bones, gut it, and cut the meat into pieces. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Does she teach them how to kill cows?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Sprinkled across the fields were moving black dots: Angus cows and calves, grazing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When the bull smelled the cow he jumped his pasture fence and came towards the truck. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a cow had jumped in. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was warmer in the Big Barn, the smell of hay and old wood and leather and cow—like always. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I am no midwife for cows, Will Russet,” she called. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell that to the cow, the mule, and the chickens!” her father said with a bemused smile. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By way of an adios, Joe tooted his horn and waved gaily at the sheriff and the two Forest Service personnel, then led his cow up the road at a brisk trot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ann, get to the barn, milk the cow and drive her to the Common. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows that had been lying around roused themselves, and the bolder ones slowly lumbered over in our direction, One of them stepped right up to nuzzle us like a big cat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She’d had great hopes for Spot’s making us a real milk cow, especially after Old Yeller had gentled her so fast; but that was all gone now. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you wanted to see a cow,” Miss Trotter said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

We steal cows so the Marines can eat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She knew that Tidings had been sneaking around and driving Daddy’s old pickup through the cow pasture for the past year and a half. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He searched floors, roads, and fields for grains of rice, beans, or cow dung that contained undigested kernels of corn. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They snogged in the corner and Duncan Priest stood right by them and did his imitation of a cow giving birth. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look very smart, even for a cow, but she was plenty bright enough to get out of Jesse’s way. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

So I brought all my remaining cows to my friends and asked them to take them home for me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

All along I had been on the lookout for the cow. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I’d seen bulls ride cows, horses hump mares, pigs rolling in mud, their bodies connected under the female’s tail. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Trying to put some life in the party, so to speak, I sat up and said, “Dunse, I don’t think you’ve heard how my Uncle Johnny hung a cow by mistake.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Moonlight falls on the frozen carousel, on the silent popcorn stand, on the stall of leather belts that smell like long-gone cows. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Conquering Bear offered more mules for the cow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The calls of conch shells and hollow cow horns were attempting to catch up to the insistent rhythm. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The day came when he implanted the tiny embryos in the brood cows. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Say for instance, I write, we have a cow and a horse that we love. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He dropped some quarters in her hand and focused his attention on a point just beyond her left ear, where a picture of a grazing dairy cow hung on the wall. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“We have to move because three cows have died here.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within two years’ time, Jeremiah had lost both his maize mill and his cows. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sass did better with the cow, but I was sorry to see her go, for many times when I had milked her, I had whispered my worries to her. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was my favorite class because it was the only one held in a regular classroom—no jars of cow hearts, no smell of formaldehyde, no cages full of screaming monkeys. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We sat around a fire built with dry cow chips and told stories while shaking out grain from ears of corn. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You know how cow manure gives off a gas that burns?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was bawling like cows do when they’ve lost a calf or when their bags are stretched too tight with milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

By early afternoon there was a stillness of heat, and a herd of cows from the higher fields slowly grazed their way down into the shade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We like a male cow to have big, even horns. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time I had stood watching a herd of cattle eat their supper I was standing up to my ankles in cow manure in Poky Feeders pen number 43. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When these peasants are excited they have a curious expression, a mixture of cow and yearning god, half stupid and half rapt. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes—gray with large black poppils in the middle—her eyes are big and round like a cow’s. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

If the physical development could be speeded up till it was as quick, say, as a cow’s, what an enormous saving to the Community! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We'll try to get the cows to moo "Happy Birthday" to her. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

A moose is a cow drawn by a three-year-old. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Our cows do not die of old age. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were they like our cows, grazing on the side of the road? I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She had done more damage than he had originally thought, the insane cow—no sense at all to it Just madness. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number of cows slaughtered in Chicago grew from a quarter million in 1875 to two and a quarter million in 1890. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t enough grass to keep a cow alive for five minutes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Sergio shakes his head, and I hear him mutter something about the cow just needing medicine. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The ditch was thick with cow parsley, hemlock and long trails of green-flowering bryony. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of cows ran into the trap, and two fell to the lions’ fangs and claws. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a splendid cow, like a peacock, with every hair a different shimmering color.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The truth is, we’re taking the horse and cow to Mr. Westcott—in payment of debt, and we’re obliged to sell off this pretty calf straight away. Our mother’s put us out to work.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The females are reared to become the next generation of dairy cows, whereas the males are handed over to the care of the meat industry. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I do. There was one about some Rabbi or other which you told me when I wanted to take Kay somewhere. I never could understand why the cow thed.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, when Doctor Korczak first said, “Find the cow,” my belief was confirmed. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The Christians, cowed by the power of Greek philosophy, chose Aristotle over their Bible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

What I wanted to know was how people ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the smell of cows—and worse—overwhelming their nose buds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road past the store was empty except for an old cow with a broken horn hanging near her face. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I settled cross-legged on the floor beside his charpoy and began the story of the man who came to ask my baap to write to the government because the government’s train killed his cow. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

That could mean twenty cows an hour suffer a painful death. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible thing to lose your milking cows because it meant no more milk or butter or cheese. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the door and the cow bounded out, hungry for fresh grass. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They moved like two old cows up on their hind legs. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

These words were followed by the silence of surprise, as they were spoken by Big Henryk, who often bellowed like a cow but hardly ever bellowed words. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“The one where the cows and pigs have slept the years?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pa would not kill either of his calves, because they were heifers and would grow into cows. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason called down another lightning strike, but Ephialtes caught it on his spear and deflected the blast, melting a life-size plastic cow. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After a few weeks’ rest, the pasture will regrow and feed the cows again. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My father has nothing against diabetics, or cows either. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whole roasted cows and pigs and goats still turning on spits. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was probably from all the feedlot dust, which wasn’t really dust but dried-up cow manure. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They were going to sell the old cows to the butcher. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe my cousin had to milk a cow twice a day, every day. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

No one can really know what a cow feels. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Vonetta rolled cow eyes up at us in place of answering as we stood over her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The grass was dry and withered, and the cows must be taken out of the woods and kept in the barn to be fed. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we played, we were always checking on the little cows to make sure that none of them had wandered off. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars around me are driven by fat cows and bellowing bulls. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He distrusted the thick mud walls and built a frame house some distance away, and his cows put their heads out the deep recessed windows of the old Sanchez house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It got a whole lot colder in the kitchen than in the Big Barn with the cows. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

But compared with cows’ bodies, ours offer different immune defenses, lice, feces, and chemistries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Back home in Africa, the grandparents of her fiance arranged to give our grandparents sixteen cows in exchange for Adele's hand in marriage, per tradition. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Finally we could open the tailgate of the truck and let the cow out. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like something a cowed dog might make to avoid being struck, only all too human and familiar. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Girls joked that boys like Alfred made a cow’s milk dry up. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Holy cow! 3RD JUROR: NOW, just you listen to this man. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It sure looks like a cow to me,” Ben said noticing the man had not smiled yet. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he inquired how I was, somebody asked him about the cow and mule that was killed yesterday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His horses looked like horses, his cows like cows, his cats like cats. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Just let it come toward sundown and he’d head for the gate like a cow for the barn, hanging onto it and bobbing his head and sort of moaning to himself. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only your family is allowed to eat the meat from that blessed cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead they might get a big container of corn or a cow. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would even venture to say that at the time she felt more comfortable milking the cows with Pedro Segundo than keeping me company in the sitting room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, when I come back from pasturing the cow, the Doctorita is in an unusually good mood, listening to music, waltzing around the house, her cheeks rosy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right then we heard a cow making a rasping, guttural sound, and we knew that the lion had her by the throat. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did they, he asked himself, have cows in the land they came from? The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We can scrub your house clean, care for cows and pigs, work your garden, and carry just about anything.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow, standing before the closed door, kept lifting her head, stretching, and lowing. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond these lay the orchards and the barns for the work horses and cows and mules. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had watched many scenes like this since his return, with Papa acting so crazy sometimes you could almost laugh at the samurai in him, trying to cow her with sheer noise and fierce display. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

After many weeks the government sent a letter saying they must have proof that the cow had been killed. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake rose out of the water at the cow’s rump and seized the dog by the neck. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Looming up on the cobbled wayside came the hulk of Hold-Your-Nose Billy, with Cutwater following as close as a cow's tail. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

We either sell a cow or butcher it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crows flapped off an occasional jackrabbit carcass; a black-and-white shrike sat on a fence post with a dead kangaroo rat dangling from under its talons; cows lumbered moodily off the dirt path into the sagebrush. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were six of them below me on the slope, each sitting alone like a great chief, watching his herd of cows and babies. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a jack-of-all-trades, breaking the sturdy little cow ponies, treating their injuries and illnesses, trimming their hooves, and bending over an anvil to forge their shoes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Powerful smells of straw and cow dung mingled with those of elm leaves, ashes and cattle feed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having blood taken out isn’t bad for the cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the cow down with an old horse blanket. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sukey and Rosie, the cows, were turned loose in the woods now, to eat the wild grass and the juicy new leaves. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A great white cow was fording through the river of traffic, vehicles parting to let it through. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The wagon passed the fenced field, and the cows and sheep looked up, too. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Mama, how’s the evening? Did all the cows come home safely?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

First night after dinner, Jacob Little showed me how to bring the cows into the barn, or, if the weather was good, to leave them be but check on the fences. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our milk cows were all old-time longhorn cattle and didn’t give a lot of milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the headline and said, “No way. Not today. That old cow.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The cow tossed its head and began munching from the hayloft. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I say, “Holy cow. Well. It has been long.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Farmers greased up their tractors; Nick Rael ordered garden seeds, summer hoses, irrigation boots; and cows groaned and fell down and bore their calves. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate them down to their skins, then scooped water into our hands and drank, not caring about algae or tadpoles or whether the cows used the creek for their toilet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice and added, “She only calved a few months back,” as if he said something the cow shouldn’t hear. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He still sees me as a boy, Jon thought, a green boy, to be cowed by angry words. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Answer me, you miserable cow. Did you sell my sister?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stared back sheepishly, reluctant but cowed by the woman’s forceful manner. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cows were as restless as spring, thinking there might be new grass out in the fields, even though the snow was still pretty deep. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

When she was over the fence, she turned around to see what he’d do to escape himself, and he had walked right straight up to that cow and was rubbing her long nose! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was about thirty feet below in the lake, but I could see her clearly: my friend from Long Island Sound, Bessie the cow serpent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

After four hours of driving, sandwiched by yellowed cow pastures on each side, we were almost there. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Sheep are sheep, cows are cows, and that over there is a goat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dad finally navigated his way to Aunt Maureen’s an hour later, after driving on about seven hundred narrow dirt roads and passing about two hundred cows. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There are patchworks of orchards and crops, all shades of green, spotted with cows and farmhouses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went up the hill, where the cow was lowing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our elders told stories, kids danced, and women cooked an entire cow—at the party, you're supposed to eat a whole cow. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Fern did her best to keep the fussiest hens away from the cows, Butter especially. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You gormless cow! He might be hurt! Oh, what shall we do?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

On knees still shaking from the cow episode, I knelt by the trunk and ran my finger over the leather straps. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

One of the cows broke in the door of the store-shed with her horn and all the animals began to help themselves from the bins. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In particular, Bantu farmers who acquired cows and sheep spread out of their homeland in West Africa and within a short time overran the former hunter-gatherers in most of the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The cow ...” Thalia muttered, still in a daze. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

From that moment on, I believed in the cow. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Have chickens, cows, and pigs traded one set of predators for another? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

You can tell that he has serious doubts that Paco is more interesting than a sick cow. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But the majority, who are in the clutches of drink or morphling or illness, look grotesque in their costumes, depicting cows and trees and loaves of bread. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once a cow coughed as he was peering up its backside, with entertaining results. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black American today shows us the perfect parasite image—the black tick under the delusion that he is progressing because he rides on the udder of the fat, three-stomached cow that is white America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ronnie’s head snapped up, his eyes huge, and he stopped dead in the road in front of us like an old cow caught in the glare of a car’s headlights. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Joseph had never touched a cow’s rump before. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Half of the tiny yard was a cement patio and the other half was another patch of grass that our imaginary cow would devour in two bites. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

In the pasture field the cows were on the gad, and could be seen galloping about with their tails in the air, which made Sir Ector angry. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows up there were a good breed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The volunteers weren't playing against the cow, they were just attempting to play in her presence. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Here, cows and horses roamed freely down streets indifferently paved with cobblestones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Three of them had their heads broken by blows from Boxers hoofs; another was gored in the belly by a cow’s horn; another had his trousers nearly torn off by Jessie and Bluebell. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Workers pour clay, water, and dried cow manure into large pits. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The cow was gone and no crops planted. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

This time Esteban Trueba did not attempt to hold him back, because he thought a trip through that distant nation of starving people and nomadic cows would do his son a lot of good. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the years passed and his coal company prospered, Mr. Carter had concrete sidewalks poured, the streets paved, and the town fenced to keep cows from roaming the streets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

What we generally had to do was milk five or six cows to get enough milk for just the family. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reminded Tyrion of a dead sea cow that had once washed up in the caverns under easterly Rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“With Klan folks burning crosses in the middle of the night, we don’t need frights over cows, Jojo, you hear?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A curious naturalist traveling from the Galápagos to England—a Darwin in reverse—might have been astonished to find that each region had its own species of cow. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I picked out a fabric that looked like a black-and-white Holstein cow and a red bandanna print for the pocket and straps. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When he obviously could get no more milk from the cow, Jonathan stood up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

After describing the inferno, the paper stated: “The fire broke out on . . . De Koven Street . . . being caused by a cow kicking over a lamp in a stable in which a woman was milking.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

They kept the fires going, looked after the animals, milked the cows, fed and watered the livestock. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drifting arsenic dusts from blueberry lands have spread over neighboring farms, contaminating streams, fatally poisoning bees and cows, and causing human illness. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It still wasn’t light yet, but Harold said, “It’s getting late and this would be a good day to check on fences before we move the cows to another pasture this week.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For filler we had ham and some of that fermented cow’s milk that the demons call cheese but that I always thought of as stuff made out of a cow’s pale urine. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sauceda circles the water trough, sweat trickling down his face, searching among piles of cow manure for clues. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I found the cow!” she screamed, and grabbed my hand and we ran. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But he was strong, and canny with his pennies: somehow he saved up enough for a cow — Our Cow. not six years old, and strong enough to plow. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

This intersection Willem and I have chosen—this overhanging awning and this plaster cow—it's more than one kilometer from the Muiderpoort station. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Real potatoes are backward for him. Remember this is our newly middle-class world. We haven’t completed the first cycle of prosperity, before going back to the beginning again, to drink milk from the cow’s udder.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the river of surplus corn is waiting and so the cows must be forced to consume it and turn it into beef you and I can buy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She told him it was unfair that one cow got milked and the other just sat out in the sun chewing grass. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

‘I wonder where he is. I wish he was here and could hear all about it. It would have made him laugh. The cow jumped over the Moon! And the poor old troll!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The legionnaires of the honor guard bristle, hands on their weapons, but at one look from Cain, they settle back, a pack of barely cowed dogs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Because the truth was, and he knew it well, he had terrible cows. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We also have horses, cows, goats, sheep, more hogs, more chickens, and more dogs and cats. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I have to take care of the cow,” said Jonathan, almost without thinking, and handed the bucket to the soldier. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

You can tell all you need to know about someone from the way cows are around him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I could hear cows mooing in a far pasture and bees buzzing in a nearby clover patch. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a path their cows had carved into the bank and it made the sides fall off to nothing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the cows were in the bull’s path as he waddled toward his rival, but he went over them as if they were small stones. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d slop the pigs and fill the trough for the cows and horses, then I’d hop over the corral fence, loop around the barn and step through Grandma’s side door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They added Auntie’s brand, a rafter on the left shoulder of the cows and calves, and let them go. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It can dry up like an old cow patty for all I care, she thought privately. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in a leather coat and breeches led a cow along the road. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We also mix cow blood with the milk. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows were already waiting, at home, and when cows are not milked on time they do not give so much milk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the cows head out to pasture in the spring, several dozen pigs come in and hunt for the corn in the manure pile. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Heck, chasing poison cows through Venice had been more appealing than this place. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Four horses and a cow bearing down on my home. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She sensed his unspoken displeasure and fell back into her place, cowed, her hands limp at her sides, her mouth open. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You’d better get back to that cow of yours,” she said, picking the baby up. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I let the cow out and lead her by a frayed rope down another dusty road to the colegio grounds, where she grazes on the grass near the avocado trees. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more cows you made, the richer you were. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She warmed oil over the fire and rubbed her head and belly, as she had the cow’s. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then they passed the Penitentiary and were soaring over open fields—cow pastures, Magdalys now realized. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Across the courtyard from there stood wooden pens holding sheep and pigs and cows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The meat of grass-fed cows also has the same healthy balance of omega-3 and omega-6. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In Philadelphia, in San Francisco, in the cow towns and ranches where they eventually made a home, they mourned those who died that day. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The old one, seeing what was happening, glared at the young soldier, but then turned back across the field, distracted, when the cow bleated again. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are cows in the barn, too, helping with the heat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Joe finally stopped for air, the big morose drunkard said, “Jose, I let you put that sick cow in my field for nothing, so I didn’t have no obligation to mend no fences.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want my milk for my cornflakes. It’s all that stupid cow’s fault.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The two men looked at each other, cowed, and tried to walk on. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The ground kept sloping up and the cows ran up the hill. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the east side, in front of the house, a barn stands clear of the ground on staddle stones; and opposite is the cow byre. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage, sheep broke down hedges and devoured the clover, cows kicked the pail over, hunters refused their fences and shot their riders on to the other side. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“He hit a cow coming around the corner,” a man said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When winter came, she went back to a far-off town where she lived, leaving two of her sons to keep the cow and the little house they had all built together. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him mumble “cow” as he wrote more notes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She brought her family and the cow to start a farm, arriving in the spring. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When a cow eats grass, it doesn’t kill the plant. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

If I had more time, I would shape little goats from the dough, and children and cows and houses and potato fields. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number means she was the thirty-fourth cow born in 1995. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The colonists had intended to produce their own food, but inexplicably neglected to bring any cows, sheep, mules, or horses. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them, at breakneck speed, they drove a cow. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now, if you saw this man, with his coveralls and his cow dung, you’d figure he was not a worthy customer. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I say, “Calvin! Holy cow! How did you get back here...so...fast? Calvin? Hey, Calvin?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We could hear noises from all directions—people shouting, cows running—but we couldn’t see a thing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thalia stared at the cow serpent with wonder. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Heaven knows what she dropped in the grass. Plenty of weeds around to kill a cow or dry her up,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking of the hens I saw at Polyface Farm, fanning out over the cow pasture on a June morning, pecking at the cowpats and the grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The cows were still loose, and I had to do something about them, anyway. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told it what happened to the cow in the ghetto. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Now this one, I can tell this picture. That’s a cow’s skull. Who did that?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will send cloth and food to Goré’s family, and a cow to take the place of this girl. That, surely, will please the Mtokos.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped to stare at them, and even the cow looked astonished. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. That’s why he lets me help him. Do you know I once saw a baby be born? I mean not a cow or a horse, but a real baby!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She also did various hair products, swirling her white mane into a cow pie on top of her head, “For today’s new look of luxury!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He assigned him to a permanent job at Camp 14’s pig farm, where two hundred men and women raised about eight hundred pigs, along with goats, rabbits, chickens, and a few cows. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He kept the letter with him, reading it in the barn and in the fields and by the cow pond. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Four things,” he whispered, “that a Lothian cannot trust —a cow’s horn, a horse's hoof, a dog’s snarl, and an Englishman’s laugh.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, first, they dropped their cloaks on chairs; then came their ritual: putting great rams and fat goats to the knife— pigs and a cow, too. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then . . . and then he almost hit a cow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are some cows, but they don’t moo, let alone cheer. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

One side of the space was for her animals, her cow, pigs, goose, and general storage. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The cows looked over and their eyes got big and their tails swished and they started to hold their heads up and moo, which means they’re pretty upset. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

As I came up I saw the fourth cow lying on the ground. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our first stop is at a store with another wooden sign: three eggs, a bee, a cow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said soy milk was more nutritious than cow milk and although he refused to drink the grainy fluid in the morning, he watched her do so with an uncomplaining common sense. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After that, I or Mary Toy, one, had to take the pig and feed it some cow’s milk with a baby bottle so it wouldn’t starve to death. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Now, you know I’ve been working on keeping a sunny lookout on life, but I must speak to you about Violet, who is more devil than cow.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His mind had been shaped by the prairies and ranges, and until the day he died, he would make order of the world with lessons learned from cow ponies, jagged land, and wide-open sky. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He followed me out, grumbling like I’d asked him to muck out the stalls after the cows ate too much clover. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard a voice, the cow remarked as she stood on the leopard’s tail.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The villagers slaughtered a cow and treated their guests to barbecue and beer. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The sight of my father plunging his knife into that cow was enough to make me avoid it for years. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched it being turned into meat, milk, and eggs by cows and chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She’s living with Uncle Pa again because he said she wasn’t a fat cow after all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

No swimming hole, no barn, no cows, no chickens, no pigs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

One touch, one masterful word from him in an upright position and Boots was cowed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I told him about our adventures, and Bessie—he wanted to hear every detail about the cute baby cow serpent—and I assured him that Annabeth was safe. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I helped to drive the cow to the village, but when it came time for Sass to buy the railway tickets, she sent me home. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

One result of the subsequent roadside spraying was the death of a dozen cows from arsenic poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

When the cows were milked at night, Ma set the milk away in pans. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was equally good with mare, cow, or woman. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went looking for the lost cows but couldn’t find them, so when it got dark I found a very big tree, climbed up, and slept there. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The remaining cow monsters eyed him warily, probably wondering if Frank had any more tricks up his sleeve. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as their host threw the bolts, the cow monsters bellowed and slammed into the door, making it shudder on its hinges. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Like a holy procession they returned to the village, the boy and the girl and the newborn twins and the cow and the cat. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will feed a cow. Have another one.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Papa said they generally started out by feeding on the carcass of some deer or cow that had died, then going from there to catching and killing live meat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And by means of the testicles one will recall that it is a bull, not a castrated ox or a cow. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The milk lady fished two mugs out of a tub of water, sat on a stool, and began to milk the cow directly into the mugs. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the game face he’s seen her use to stare down Congress, to cow autocrats. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She told herself it would just feel like a thorn to the enormous cow. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, whichever one comes along. And over yonder, of course, are our prize red cows.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If they punish you in the morning, they know you’ll be taking care of those cows very well for the day. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen glorious heroes, proud in their battle dress, fat as cows! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh ...” I felt like one of Apollo’s sacred cows—slow, dumb, and bright red. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

If she spoke rough to me, she said softer things to her cows. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The first man looked at the cow and thought it was a very good gift. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if there were cows, with Joe she wouldn’t need to be one bit afraid. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been lucky in that our target has bumped into some food along the way. He chewed on a couple of cows for an hour or two, so that bought us a bit of time.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He found an ash stick and began to beat the heads off the tall plants of cow parsley. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Dinka cows look wilder than their American cousins and have thick horns that are two to three feet long. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s on his knees, but he doesn’t appear in any way cowed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Next was the southeast corner, where shabbily built wooden fences held in several cows, goats, sheep, and pigs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then it quit, and I could hear a cow lowing up at Russell’s barn. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed impossible, unless the boy had collapsed face-first into a cow’s spraying jugular. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

These are not the cows you see on North American farms. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I milked the cow and turned her loose. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what sacred cow I had bumped, but it was better to find out than to hang like a thread over an open fire. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large, bulbous creature the size of a cow but with no distinct shape twisted and seethed along the ground in the corridor outside. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If the cow is always late, if he’s always behind all the other cows, he’s not considered a good cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Save your sticky kisses for your wife or your cow.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good life for a chicken or a cow means doing all those things its nature tells it to do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She smiles and spells cowed for thirty-six points. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Seriously. Statistically, it’s more likely I’d get killed by a vending machine or a cow than a shark.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And I said, I can’t help it, Lolo, they come out girls, and all he said was, Good bulls sire cows, like it was a credit to him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I did not actually try it, because by the time I had it ready it was time to milk the cow, then clean up and start the dinner. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There were some condemned head-dresses lying in disgrace—strange shapes of starch like candle extinguishers, and meringues, and the double horns of cows. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the water, the Crux rode huge and golden on the waves, sea spray sparkling along her gilded figurehead—a wooden woman holding a diamond the size of a cow skull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I kept on walking, passing paddocks filled with horses, cows, and shaggy-furred cattle that I realized must be buffalos. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was in no mood for Robert Frost, that white-assed crusty old man from some cow state. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When it’s that cold, you’re glad to lean in to your warm cow in the morning. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Running a farm is terrible hard work—plowing and hoeing and milking cows and such and being out in the fields all by yourself with nobody to talk to all day long. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, as they floated placidly in an arc, they looked almost like cows grazing in a field. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

People harvested it like hay and fed it to cows; entrepreneurs marketed kudzu cereal, kudzu dog food, and kudzu ketchup. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When there are storms, Papa will stretch a rope from the door to the bam so we will not be lost when we feed the sheep and the cows and Jack and Old Bess. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

I don't know what I am supposed to do with the fabulous, more interesting part of my story, where the horses and cows start speaking to me and to each other. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

For of course, they didn’t content themselves with merely hatching out embryos: any cow could do that. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breeding them, just like the farmers bred cows or sheep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is known that you are almost a cow. Rakharo does not bed with cows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Go!” she said, and I took off to look after my cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both men looked about as comfortable as cows in a slaughterhouse. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He modernized the dairy, which was just an old shed filled with flies and manure, and forced the cows to produce enough milk to meet his needs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking under her bed, she found a tiny yellow glass cow Hasina had passed to her during recess in fifth grade. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But this business of his is a cash cow, I’m telling you. Listen. This is how I got it figured ...” What luck! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every other mammal that went to sea—seals, sea cows, dolphins—had to evolve for aeons to develop specialised organs and a hydrodynamic body. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gave him four cows and a great supply of beer. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It looked like a shining silver plate hanging in the sky, and on a clear night it seemed almost close enough that a cow could jump over it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, stupid. Milk comes from the cow’s udders. Now drink it. You must not offend the lady.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tufts hang down, and when you dance with a girl you flick your arm and make the cow hairs move. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fame has seized her and appropriated her, name, barn, cows and all.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the silence there was a gentle, tearing sound as a grazing cow moved nearer. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, “Yeah! Work at the stand. Sell apples. Sell pies. We can use the help. Holy cow, Shayleen! It’ll get you outdoors.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

In my language, when a child is born, we don’t say “boy” or “girl,” but lashe, which means “male cow,” or ngache, which means “female cow.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me his famous Death Stare, then leaned over Joey and whispered, “No cars, no cows, but I counted yo’ momma six times already.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He woke to the sound of one of the smaller cows in the herd being attacked by a hyena. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast, four species of big mammals—the goat, sheep, pig, and cow—were domesticated very early in the Fertile Crescent, possibly earlier than any other animal except the dog anywhere else in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They said no, but Mrs. Jackson, they knew, had a cow still giving. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The cows are fed corn just like the cows at Poky, but their feed is organic. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then one of the cows told one of the sheep, and soon all the sheep knew. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Salva’s younger brother, Kuol, was taking care of just one cow; like his brothers before him, he would be in charge of more cows every year. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Josiah cut out twenty cows; he looked for the youngest and strongest ones. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though reserved to the point of being shy, the sheriff was adept at assuming undercover identities, having pretended to be everything from a cow rustler to a counterfeiter. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They pass farms, spotted cows grazing in fields, red silos, white wooden churches, barns with rusted tin roofs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out rabbiting, without bothering to feed the animals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly he brought four cows and left them in front of her house. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Ma says I stomp around like a cow dying of thirst. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like an abandoned foal that nestles against cows in the barnyard, maybe I just need to feel the warmth of belonging. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe, just maybe, if you stand on the steps of my home—if Traft hasn’t carted it away so that his Tipped M cows can run free—you will catch loose memories on the breeze. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A cow groaned, something coughed, a sheep bell clinked once as the animal changed position. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The titanic cow stood munching hay from the loft. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They tried offering me cows: Our people believe even an infant understands about the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t seen anything but pine trees, a bloodhound, chickens, and two cows. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The cow that lowed, the man who milked, the chickens that came running and the woman who called them, the fragrance streaming from the plowed land and the plowman. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As long as I can have my cornflakes, I’ll take the milk straight from the cow. Just get here sooner and stick the bottle in the freezer.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I should’ve been born, hissed Unborn Twin, not you, you cow. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Also, organic cows, like Rosie the organic chicken, are never fed corn that contains residues of atrazine, the herbicide commonly sprayed on American cornfields. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I added the feathery leaves of the tamarind tree that stood in the middle of our courtyard and our cow under its shade. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Very soon, the meadows were full of milking cows and the sties were full of pigs and the chicken-run was full of chickens. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilbur’s new home was in the lower part of the barn, directly underneath the cows. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“The cow’s moving,” someone in the first row whispered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had a lot of cows, but I didn’t mind. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie had four machines, so he could milk four cows at the same time. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

One person ran across the courtyard to the burning cow. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"It's a saying my husband used to tell me after I had one of the girls. Good bulls sire cows. I remember the night Fifi was born." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

However, Mother and I had been able to get hold of eight scrawny cows, mainly from people who owed us a lot of money. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was probably painting flowers for one of Master Peale’s daughters who watched him with stupid cow eyes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This way the grass stays short and the cow gets fed and it works out for everyone. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grinned at me and shouted, “Everything be just fine folks. We’ll have the cow moved off the tracks in a minute. There’s no need to worry about a thing.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lived happily for centuries, drinking milk and using cows as currency. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All of his work and planning, and Bordoni kept cows in the house. You know what I wonder about most?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to pay some cows to people representing Martha’s family before I could marry her. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was huge and full of gore from the cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m making two quick trips if the weather stays good. I’m taking in bottles of cow smell to be analyzed.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mothers with infants have no baby clothes, no buggies, and very little cow’s milk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was important to me that the organic ice cream came from cows that did not receive injections of growth hormone to boost their productivity. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But Josiah said they would grow up heavy and covered with meat like Herefords, but tough too, like the Mexican cows, able to withstand hard winters and many dry years. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since facing down the cow monsters in Venice, Frank had barely thought about his fragile lifeline. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He makes me an origami penguin, crane, cow, and caterpillar. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the only one who was missing his cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

A challenge to drink unprocessed cow’s milk—what purpose could that serve? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I could see his long ears, could see him looking at all the cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the net came off and the cow serpent zipped through the water and did a happy somersault. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Only twenty-five years ago, Joe’s father, Esequiel, had had a permit to graze one hundred sheep and sixty cows in the National Forest. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how could she force herself to endure another meal at the same board with Goodwife Cruff and her cowed shadow of a husband? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They were skirting the well in the middle of the square, trying to give the cow monsters some distance, when Hazel stumbled on a loose piece of cobblestone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t easy, but with the strength of three horsepower, we managed to shift the wreckage so it was no longer threatening to collapse on the baby cow serpent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Each cow has a name, like a person, almost. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot of thought and planning to make sure the cows get to the right piece of pasture at the right time. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Corn feeds the dairy cows that produce the milk, cheese, and ice cream. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"It was like flying a cow," Martinez grumbled, his hands racing over his controls. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cow also knows there are things in the pasture to avoid, plants that will make her sick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“We were ordering the cow eyes for next week.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I would like to talk about your cows.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He glares at me, his jaw moving back and forth like a cow chewing cud. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Robbie was looking away across the park and the cows toward the oak wood that lined the river valley, the wood she had run through that morning. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They knew the Long Knives were coming because of that skinny cow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It took time to make a lump of clay look like a good cow. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trotter was bellowing like an old cow deprived of its calf. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a herd of cows grazed on this land, or a man on horseback rode the borders, a sombrero shading his face, his shirt stained yellow with sweat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates—manure of mules and cows, piled there until fieldhands could spread it on the king’s estate. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has never been an economic proposition for an owner of cattle to starve his cows, so why should an owner of slaves starve them? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bacteria break down the cell walls of the grass and allow the cows to get at the protein and carbohydrates within. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But we heard a coyote howl upwind and we heard a cow bawling for her late weaned bairn. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow’s pink tongue licked people from the blocks of ice: the first day only a man’s hair, the second his head, and the third day the shape of a whole man was revealed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He pointed to where the cows were resting. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Most days I was the one who went to my grandfather's barn to carry home a pitcher of milk from his cow. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The wind, as he stopped to sniff it, was reassuring, carrying only the scents of evening dew, may and cow dung. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows mooed, the sheep maaed, the goat ehehed, the birds twittered in the trees, and the beep beep of a motor car cut through everything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was just starting to learn the names of our cows, and I was lining the rocks up and calling them in, the way my father and brothers did with the real cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she began her work, there were many stories coming from the plant about cows that were still alive when they were being skinned and butchered. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Long-faced horses and chocolate-eyed cows wandered past houses huddled right at the edge of the road. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A good cow is always at the front of the herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway down an alley, I see a white cow nosing through a huge hill of trash. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Two cows were standing in front of the barn blinking, and we could see two more behind. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed past a couple of cows, trotted out into the middle of the field, and sat down about fifty yards away from where Father was standing among the cows talking to the cow-boys. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As her mother slaved away as a servant, little Soledad wandered the pastures, trailing moon glimmer, side by side with her only friend, the cow. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s just about the ugliest cow pulling that wagon that I ever saw, too,” Ben replied. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That transfer is not at all surprising, considering that many peasant farmers live and sleep close to cows and their feces, urine, breath, sores, and blood. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not to my credit that I had forgot all about the cow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There was no rising smoke, no people, sheep, or cows. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, a large mound a dozen feet away from him that at first looked like cow dung started moving. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And I am determined that I will not let this place cow me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I just saw a cow on the tracks. This will be a short stop. Remain on board.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are newly arrived back at the sloop, having brung off a quantity of sheep and three cows. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I wore my shoes to pasture the cow and sheep. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the journalist should have said was: Reporters saw a pasture containing several cows that were dead, diseased, or dying. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It bothered me intensely that he should be repeating the information about the cows. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bullish in both appearance and temperament, they're the juvenile delinquents of the cow family, the hardscrabble cousins who sleep in trailers and fight like men. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The herd of cows and calves, who were lying in the waves and scratching their backs with their flippers, stopped to watch the battle. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to move until my brother took his cows in a different direction from the rest of the village herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They put that piece of skin into a special kind of cow. You grew inside, and when the time came, you were born. Only, of course, you didn’t have a father or a mother.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the fields, gray buffalos and brown cows graze lazily on the grass. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a good view Of the hills Where cows sat down on the job. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gramps swerved across two lanes of traffic and onto the exit ramp, and faster than you could milk a cow we were standing barefoot in the cool water of Lake Michigan. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Usually you get a cow and slaughter it and your neighbors come over and help you cook. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You milked that young cow dry last winter. If you milk this one dry, they aint going to be no more milk.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when we got to the farm, there were no cows. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ma Charles said, “If they want to milk cows and fill up on silly half-Indian tales, let ’em go.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I could do it easy,” Joe said, “if I had a house and a cow.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cows kept their bodies between him and the new calves, but occasionally a calf bolted away, bucking and leaping in a wide arc, returning finally to its mother when it tired of playing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

For her, there’s something wrong with someone who doesn’t have cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you at least take me in the barn to see the cows?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He’d also kill cows in the kosher faith for the Jews in town to eat, and we often kept a cow in the yard behind the store. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d lead the cow to the Jaffe slaughterhouse down the road and the butchers would tie it from the ceiling by its hind legs. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rainbow cow, you must understand, is not a silly cow with big painted stripes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, I bring the cows and sheep to the pasture and write more of Soledad’s story. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every so often we’d see a pen full of red cows or even stranger animals. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The embryos were removed and placed in common cows, who would then produce super calves. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother was so angry, so upset about our mother’s favorite cow that he was crying. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scientists agree that higher animals—mammals like cows or pigs or apes—feel pain pretty much as we do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Aureliano Segundo’s old carousing comrades laid on his casket a wreath that had a purple ribbon with the words: Cease, cows, life is short. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There are horses and cows in my story even though the main point is supposed to be the story of the resurrection. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The cow retreated a few steps and regarded him with watery, mooning eyes that indicated a massively substandard intelligence. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those cow monsters...the katoblepones that poisoned you...I had to destroy them.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Tell me this—what’s patriotic about driving a good man’s cow to death?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s not funny at all. I know that cow. She was a great friend of my Mother’s and I’ll thank you to speak politely of her.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She dipped a handkerchief into the water and, gently as a cow licking its newborn, cleaned the wound. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The road that led to Treegap had been trod out long before by a herd of cows who were, to say the least, relaxed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows had come pounding up to the very edge of the little swamp. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Getting cows to eat a corn diet takes a heroic effort on the part of the factory farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

One zoo asked for “an au­thentic Brahmin cow” for their children’s zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She always walked with her chin resting on the rump of another cow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Miss Love,” I said, “I got to get on home and milk the cow.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Like I’d figured, it had taken her and Lisbeth till dark to get the wood dragged up and the fire to going around the dead cow. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each new warrior was required to slaughter a cow, and all of the tribe came from many surrounding villages to join the feast. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, I learned to look at a field of grass the way a cow does. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But five of the cows were still missing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was cooking cow feet stew and dirty rice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The cow will go in the fridge—top compartment in the door, where you’re supposed to put eggs but never do. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“See the cows? That would be breaking your grandfather’s rules!” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, they were farmers enough to do what was best for their only cow. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

This, at least, is what the cows must have thought: “Let it keep its peace; we won’t disturb it.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the time the milking began in earnest, the cow made no more noise and displayed no more interest in them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He stood and moved to the next cow. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Every morning, I went immediately to our luak with my brothers to lead our cows outside. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both raptors shrieked and landed suddenly, their heads cowed; a low, rattling growl filled the air as they glanced back and forth. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Yes, very nice place. Very far. In the country. Lots of cows and grass. Up, up, up 78 West.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She was living in Grandma’s because she had a fight with her husband, Pa Keating, who told her, when he had drink taken, You’re a great fat cow, go home to your mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The sound was comforting and reminded me of the cow jumping over the moon. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we got the idea to paint all the hoofs yellow, too, and the cows’ horns, and we caught a rooster that was up on the rafters and painted his beak, and toenails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Through one patch a white cow was plodding, seemingly up to her belly in blood. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire room was dominated by a single gigantic cow. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Walking to within fifteen yards of a pregnant cow, Joe bolted a bullet into the chamber. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dahlia stepped on my foot, and when cows do that, they mean to. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

They were more drought resistant and gave more milk than our cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more cows a man has, the more respect he gets. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again the cow called, but they could not see across the field. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I would say by the second spring since the farm got bigger, we traded some ribbon syrup for a couple ol milk cows. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eating it, I had to remind myself that the burger came from an actual cow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was astride one of the horses from Karl’s wagon team and leading a large, boxy horse and a brown cow with white spots. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Normally, the husband’s family would give the wife’s family a dowry of cows, but in this case, John agreed to send money worth the equivalent of eighty cows. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Twig leaned in close to the frog’s stomach and shouted, “Holy cow! Holy cow!” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t steal the cows, they followed him out of the barn of their own accord.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Nico’s feet, two puddles of darkness stained the pavement—no doubt the remains of the cow monsters that had chased them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He’d spent the last five years building up the flock of tangly-haired sheep again, and he and Piper had goats, a small herd of cows, pigs, two riding horses, a pony, and chickens. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure those were healthy cows,” Dale said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then people in England began dying of a sickness called mad cow disease. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“The law is very clear. All clones are classified as livestock because they’re grown inside cows. Cows can’t give birth to humans.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew of cow babies and dog babies. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emerging from a stupor for the first time since his capture last Monday night, the black killer sat cowed and fearful as hundreds sought to get a glimpse of him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The red cows on the farther hill ate their way slowly toward the north. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The temple walls are decorated with magnificent detailed carvings of people, cows, wagons, daily life, and battle scenes from long ago. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the baby calf was standing right underneath its mother, just kind of walking around, and the mother cow took a “dump” on the baby calf’s head. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Foolishly, the Mormon wanted his cow, not the mules. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The cow mooed, put one hoof tentatively on the bars, then backed away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her hands had rolled dough and chopped potatoes and milked cows and prepared slides and made things grow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It turns out that corn-fed cows don’t have the healthy balance of omegas. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“The dead cow is still out there, Mother. I want to get it before somebody else does.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we watch people line up and begin to mount the steps to the stage, I feel like one of the cows in the agricultural show my granddad took me to in Kinvara. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As children, Henrietta and Day awoke each morning at four o’clock to milk the cows and feed the chickens, hogs, and horses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

First, I’ve told him not to call me “Cath,” because it sounds too much like he’s calling me a baby cow, and second, why’s it such a surprise I have a friend next door? Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then there were lovely and delicious little ones that grew in the meadows where the cows had been. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Janie achieved the tail of the cow and lifted her head up along the cow’s rump, as far as she could above water. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She said she named it the first day she and Papa got there, with Mama driving the ox cart loaded with our house plunder, and with Papa driving the cows and horses. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My cows,” Buttercup’s father managed to repeat, hoping he was not going mad. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I decided this jumpy little man could be cowed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then my father’s relatives held a feast and killed a cow to roast and invited a lot of people to come and enjoy the meat and help us build a new house. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature was supposed to be a cow and the circle was supposed to be the moon. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

R.C., still hidden by shadows, let out a loud, low, “Mooaah, mooaah, mooaah, you old cows...” and sprinted around their house and down River Road, laughing and mooing all the way. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The cow swung her head up and around, looking at them, her tongue flicking. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cows already had big Mexican brands on their sides, extending across their ribs, a brand so big you could see it for a half mile, Josiah said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I see the carton of milk in his hand, and I say something about how he shouldn't have to go to the store so often, 'cause he got a cow at home. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even as he spoke, I didn’t quite believe him about breeding Sophie to try for another milk cow. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, then you’ll have to bribe that cranky cow who signed,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Laila watched a trio of men far below, talking near a cow tethered to a fence. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“And you managed to stay alive, and raise chickens, eggs, and cows?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We have a cow named Old Pru, and a horse named Grey, and some chickens, ducks and geese; and the old sow and six young pigs. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Moss menagerie also included a mule, goats, cows, and various smaller animals. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe she could just try the cow blood and see if that worked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But for the most part, the six hundred plus are pretty cowed. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The cow is standing in the barn door, chewing. As I Lay Dying 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father, back in Africa, arranged for a marriage dowry of cows. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people speak of animal liberation, but what would liberation mean to the millions of cows and chickens on our farms? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She remembered the family cow, the bell round its neck heard miles away. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gave a shaky laugh and added: “Good job there weren’t cows in the field. They’d have got a fright.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Were not guys,” Zohra laughs, and I remember I told her about how my parents always say that to us since “guy” means “cow” in Urdu. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Joel moves the chickens every day for the same reason he moves the cows every night. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

No wonder Rudy didn't have hangups, no wonder his high school acne hadn't left him riddled with self-doubt, his name hadn't cowed him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“The boats are cheap, graceless, clumsy affairs, as much out of place in what people are calling the ‘Court of Honor’ of the Exposition as a cow in a flower garden.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They were big and savage enough to hamstring a horse or drag down a full-grown cow. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Violet reached for Lloyd, but he ducked and disappeared behind one of the cardboard cows by the manger. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed a mile away, and those cows didn’t seem to want her to get there. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

As broad as a Sherman tank and yellow as a daisy, Pumpkin—or “Punkins,” as the hands called him—had once been a Montana cow pony. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama didn’t see the sense in buying a drink when you could get it free from the well or a cow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She knows I once dumped a bucket of cow dung on Marcus’s bed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And the economist says, “Look, the cows in Scotland are brown.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That meant an embryo— Matt’s brother—was growing inside a cow. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several cows nibbled and chewed at a trough full of greenish hay. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

From the backseat, Harrison said in a cowed whisper, “They are using everything they are having to take Port Harcourt.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Those Major Five of mammal domestication are the cow, sheep, goat, pig, and horse. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I get under the cows and squirt the milk into Alphie’s mouth till he’s full and throws it up. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The words dead, diseased, or dying are supposed to describe the cows, but they’re so far from home that they seem to describe the reporters. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw a hose. I doubt the cow would like milk rotting all over the place.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Susie put a plate in front of me, and I looked at my burger as if she had presented me with the side of a whole cow. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They ate breakfast with the giant: he pulled whole cows and sheep from his provision bag and crunched them down; the three companions ate more sparingly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z