| 单词 | cows |
| 例句 | 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 Whole roasted cows and pigs and goats still turning on spits. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 “He’ll notice I’m gone for sure if the cows break through the fence looking for water.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 I was so excited about taking the cows out the following morning. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z My father has nothing against diabetics, or cows either. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 “How you able to predict cows like that?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 But these cows were lots littler than that other one. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 “Tell me how it’ll be, Billy. Is it like when the cows have calves?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z They had cows too, with enough milk to sell the extra. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cows were in our old life, not this one. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They lived happily for centuries, drinking milk and using cows as currency. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The cows up there were a good breed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 There are cows in the barn, too, helping with the heat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “They look like...starving, shaggy cows with sheepdog hair.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Shoo, cows," said Sarah as the cows looked up, startled. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 What I knew about was cows, so we didn’t have a lot in common. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 Sprinkled across the fields were moving black dots: Angus cows and calves, grazing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 We hadn’t seen anything but pine trees, a bloodhound, chickens, and two cows. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 Several cows nibbled and chewed at a trough full of greenish hay. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The cows all belong to different cattle families, and those in the same family look alike. 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 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 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 Brown cows huddle together, lifting their necks to watch the noisy truck as it passes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The cows would grow thin and sometimes starve to death. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Or the hay, containing residues of 7 to 8 parts per million, may be fed to cows. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 Did cows object to people who picked their flowers? she wondered. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 Their children were everywhere underfoot, and the yard teemed with their cows, sheep, and chickens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 Charlie had four machines, so he could milk four cows at the same time. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Pointless, ridiculous monster crouched in the shadows, stinking of dead men, murdered children, martyred cows. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 The sheriff couldn’t stand to see cows fooled by that phony cattleguard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing to do here. So we help milk the cows.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Not the cows or the chickens. Miss Trotter and Aunt Naomi.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z One result of the subsequent roadside spraying was the death of a dozen cows from arsenic poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “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’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 Our cows ceased to be scared when I was a baby. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “But Ma Charles, store milk comes from cows. At the dairy farm.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Soon I was old enough to take the cows out by myself. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 The herd boys worked for a nearby farmer who kept many cows. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Protecting our precious cows from predators is a constant problem. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 For example, some organic milk comes from cows on small farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 “It’s cool. No sword. See? No sword. Calm thoughts. Sea grass. Mama cows. Vegetarianism.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And she was completely, utterly terrified of cows. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “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 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 Far below, cows speckled the rolling pastures, their shadows stretching toward the silo. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z 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 I could see his long ears, could see him looking at all the cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I knew he was trying to talk them out of taking the cows. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 mean, if this were, like, 1642, my wide birthing hips would be worth many cows or something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 As everyone knows, cows are sacred to Hindus, so it was a serious thing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 And our dog, Bell, and two horses and lots of chickens, cows, and pigs. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 Did they, he asked himself, have cows in the land they came from? The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z It bothered me intensely that he should be repeating the information about the cows. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Our cows do not die of old age. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The cars around me are driven by fat cows and bellowing bulls. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z 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 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 We'll try to get the cows to moo "Happy Birthday" to her. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Ever since, just the thought of cows made her ill. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 And there was always hay being pitched down to the cows and the horses and the sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 The ground kept sloping up and the cows ran up the hill. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 There are some cows, but they don’t moo, let alone cheer. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Because the truth was, and he knew it well, he had terrible cows. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “The one where the cows and pigs have slept the years?” 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 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 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 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 There was no rising smoke, no people, sheep, or cows. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 All night I could hear people walking by looking for the cows—and looking for me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Ten thousand years ago, there were no dairy cows or ferret hounds or large ears of corn. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Corn feeds the dairy cows that produce the milk, cheese, and ice cream. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 “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 With their long horns and slender bodies, cows in this part of the world look very different from the dairy cows many people in North America and Europe are used to seeing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 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 He. wondered idly if cows were ever scared—really scared. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 Were they like our cows, grazing on the side of the road? I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 Then here came three cows with young calves and a roan bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 There were no cows anywhere, or chickens, or horses. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Secretary, look in the Encyclopaedia and see what it says about cows with stars on their horns.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 You can tell all you need to know about someone from the way cows are around him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 I was sickened, if only at the waste of it: all they killed—cows, horses, men—they left to rot or burn. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Instantly the whole bunch of cows were right by the fence, looking at her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 When the cows became as big as barns, I would be there. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They got the name because Indians supposedly kept sea cows penned up there a long time ago. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The 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 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 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 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 “I am no midwife for cows, Will Russet,” she called. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 No swimming hole, no barn, no cows, no chickens, no pigs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z 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 “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 We missed our chickens, and cows, our dog, and endless pecans. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 The cows wandered all over Heaven and cloth did not get woven. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I could imagine what the past held: cows grazing, a Civil War battle, maybe dinosaurs. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Would you at least take me in the barn to see the cows?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 Sometimes soldiers would just take a couple of cows out of somebody’s fields without paying for them, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In return for being chewed on, the plants get help from the cows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I took the cows, and I grazed them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 By then we had opened the gate and the cows were following us back. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The cows ran down the hill again, across the door. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The sour-milk-and-manure smell of the cows came and went with the breeze. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 But five of the cows were still missing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She said, “We want to see the cows, Aunt Miss Trotter. Now.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I’m sure those were healthy cows,” Dale said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 My people, the Dinka, raise cows in Southern Sudan. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 "The day Tía Mimi marries, cows will fly," we cousins teased. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 “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 “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 She pointed at the necks of the cows closest to her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 Breeding them, just like the farmers bred cows or sheep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “We have to move because three cows have died here.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “You left our cows with someone else? What kind of a son are you?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The cows gazed at him with a sort of threatening idiotic placidity; the horses peered down their long snouts like curious, intelligent gods. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But as corn took over the family farm, cows and other animals were pushed out. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 “See the cows? That would be breaking your grandfather’s rules!” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Forage samples from fields where the cows had grazed were of course contaminated also. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 I had never seen cows in China but it was not the cows themselves that impressed me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “The cows are emaciated. People don’t know what to do anymore.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 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 A new army of warriors drove a herd of cows over the cliff at spearpoint. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I can comfort her till the cows come home. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 “My cows,” Buttercup’s father managed to repeat, hoping he was not going mad. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The road no longer belonged to the cows. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He untied the ropes of two cows, but the frightened animals did not move. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 Fern did her best to keep the fussiest hens away from the cows, Butter especially. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Josiah cut out twenty cows; he looked for the youngest and strongest ones. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 The wagon passed the fenced field, and the cows and sheep looked up, too. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z So we went up there and bought the cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He just dropped down among the cows and I couldn’t see him anymore. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 But when we got to the farm, there were no cows. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The more cows a man has, the more respect he gets. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 the force that had molded the selection of cows, dogs, and pigeons was the human hand. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 Dahlia stepped on my foot, and when cows do that, they mean to. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 It got a whole lot colder in the kitchen than in the Big Barn with the cows. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z It turns out that corn-fed cows don’t have the healthy balance of omegas. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z And the saddest example of this might be what it means for cows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 One of them came down and ate with the cows. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 The landscape was a tableau of farm fields, barns, horses, cows, chickens, and the occasional house. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He told how the cows were going dry and the gardens were failing. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Both men looked about as comfortable as cows in a slaughterhouse. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 They tried offering me cows: Our people believe even an infant understands about the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He pointed to where the cows were resting. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Mama, how’s the evening? Did all the cows come home safely?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Now they were speeding past fields full of cows and sheep. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I was told, “Take the cows to this place, be brave, don’t be a child.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I explained the circle of chickens and cows and pigs and grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 Second, when my family asked me, “Where did you lose the cows?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was with the cows, they were my responsibility. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 On one morning I saw three kinds of animals, not counting cats, dogs, frogs, cows, and horses. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They had a lot of cows, but I didn’t mind. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 Our milk cows were all old-time longhorn cattle and didn’t give a lot of milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 After all, it was our cows that had been stolen. My Brother Sam is Dead 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 He fell down again and the cows ran down the hill. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 There were no chickens at all, and no cows, either. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Does she teach them how to kill cows?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z 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 And cows and chickens need humans to help them do those things. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Fifteen glorious heroes, proud in their battle dress, fat as cows! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 My father, back in Africa, arranged for a marriage dowry of cows. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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’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 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 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 If they want to attack a herd, they first try to make the cows panic. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 The cows were still loose, and I had to do something about them, anyway. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Have chickens, cows, and pigs traded one set of predators for another? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 The cows had been in that spot for only one day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 three living cows were staggering around in the deep snow and bawling unhappily. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 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 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 “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 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 "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 Below them the cows and their babies played in the waves. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There were three calves born when they corralled them, and two of the cows looked as if they would calve within a few days. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 The cows in their pens lay burbling blood through their nostrils, with javelin holes in their necks. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “So what’s first? Milk cows or slaughter some poor little pigs?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Heck, chasing poison cows through Venice had been more appealing than this place. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Across the courtyard from there stood wooden pens holding sheep and pigs and cows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 sweetness comes from the leaves the cows eat. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 We believe that cows are a gift from God. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Would I next see birds flying backward, or cows crocheting doilies? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 After a few weeks’ rest, the pasture will regrow and feed the cows again. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z About a hundred holy cows go mooing inside my head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The cows are much taller than I am. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she took a second job milking cows at four A.M. every morning. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For her, there’s something wrong with someone who doesn’t have cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 They were going to sell the old cows to the butcher. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 “You kill the sacred cows of the sun god for hamburger meat?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 The more cows you made, the richer you were. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Let the two cows and the calf, the young bull calf, out through the pasture gate. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 I watched it being turned into meat, milk, and eggs by cows and chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 I went and milked the cows and brought the milk in for Mama to strain. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The arches over the doors were painted with black cows, white poplar trees, and owls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The cows were annoyed when we came in a little late for milking. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 The pastures, a lush new green, were dotted with merino sheep and fat milk cows. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The field is filled with cows and sheep and bursting with yellow and purple flowers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I could hear cows mooing in a far pasture and bees buzzing in a nearby clover patch. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 His horses looked like horses, his cows like cows, his cats like cats. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “They are golden calf lovers. They kneel before cows,” the priest chimed in. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 didn’t know cows came in that color. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His brain was crammed with information about tractors and machines and cows and milking. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “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 Letting the little cows get their milk takes about an hour. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Mr. Westcott must be going back and forth to see to his cows. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t mention how cows were okay if you knew how to handle them and how Charlie’s living room stank with all the chickens wandering around inside. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 “Cease, cows, life is short,” he would shout. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 I had to stand inside with the cows, and I had to help out. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 If an animal killed one of the cows, I’d be in trouble. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z When the cows turned and looked at him, they didn’t say a thing. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I didn’t get up until I was given all the cows I’d earned. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, on the main floor, nothing stirred: the cows were resting, the horses dozed. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 That could mean twenty cows an hour suffer a painful death. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Go!” she said, and I took off to look after my cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘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 There was enough winter pasture for the three cows, but just barely. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 “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 The chickens were fidgety, the cows were skittish, and the pigs were sullen and glum. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 “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 Gregor had been eating beef jerky all morning without wondering what the cows ate. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 respect goes with the cows; a poor man does not have a voice. 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 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 "Ha' you any rats, mice, polecats, or weasels, or any old cows sick o' the measles?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The day came when he implanted the tiny embryos in the brood cows. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 If she spoke rough to me, she said softer things to her cows. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 They were more drought resistant and gave more milk than our cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved like two old cows up on their hind legs. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z But floods meant our precious cows would die, so the villagers rejected that choice too. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 There stood all the cows, waiting to be let through the bars. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would like to talk about your cows.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 The truck took forever, and the cows kept falling down. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Fame has seized her and appropriated her, name, barn, cows and all.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 “And you managed to stay alive, and raise chickens, eggs, and cows?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 “What will they do with all those cows?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 “Oh ...” I felt like one of Apollo’s sacred cows—slow, dumb, and bright red. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 “I heard about them. They brought in Swiss cows.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 ‘You can stay with my cows as long as you like.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Because grass-fed cows are eating the same diet as their wild ancestors. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 I was the only one who was missing his cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 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 Right now, one of our cows—it is my brother’s cow, a bull—is blessed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 A lot of our cows had died that year. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The more cows somebody has, the wealthier he is. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 “It is known that you are almost a cow. Rakharo does not bed with cows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They unloaded the cows one by one, looking them over carefully. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 I didn’t want to start bringing cows into it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It comes from other cows that have been sent to the slaughterhouse. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 These are not the cows you see on North American farms. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 Sheep are sheep, cows are cows, and that over there is a goat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The red cows on the farther hill ate their way slowly toward the north. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z With a good view Of the hills Where cows sat down on the job. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 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 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 Joel keeps his cows from getting that second bite by moving them every day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “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 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 “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 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 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 Here, cows and horses roamed freely down streets indifferently paved with cobblestones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “A lot of cows in one place,” Frank said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Plastic daisies sprouted from teapots; daffodils erupted from ceramic cows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Moss menagerie also included a mule, goats, cows, and various smaller animals. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z My brother knows the names of all his cows, all of them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The cows came jumping out of the barn. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Then one of the cows told one of the sheep, and soon all the sheep knew. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, beautiful cows,” she whispered, running her hands over their warm hides. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Healthy fat caribou cows gave birth to many calves. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The cows had come pounding up to the very edge of the little swamp. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 |
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