Herds is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Herds in a sentence
Related words
Herds meaning
plural of herd
Using Herds
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of herd
- In the example corpus, herds often appears in combinations such as: herds of, their herds, large herds.
Context around Herds
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Herds
- In this selection, "herds" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, female, deer, bachelor, separate, displayed and usually stand out and add context to how "herds" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 6 116 herds as of and and bachelor herds. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "herds" sits close to words such as adapter, antiquity and benchmarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with herds
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Elk and deer herds move through Eagle during the winter. (10 words)
As herds of domestic reindeer have declined, herds of wild caribou have increased. (13 words)
For dairy herds, only grazing half the height of the forage is recommended. (13 words)
And the herds of the country went before them to the termon of Oiremh, and the bishop followed them upon the termon, and brought the herds to the army; and restitution was not given by them in honour of saint or sanctuary. (42 words)
Alba noted that Manolo Fortich was transformed into a first-class municipality from its humble origin of being a watering hole for herds of cows that were brought to Cagayan de Oro City to be shipped to the markets in Manila. (41 words)
Federal land managers said in new court filings ahead of the Reno hearing that the deaths among 2,500 horses gathered since July 9 are an unfortunate — but expected — part of necessary efforts to cull the size of large herds. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Fifty-six percent of deer herds, 33 percent of elk herds and 33 percent of moose herds have CWD present.
Territorial males round up female herds that enter their territories and keep out the bachelors; mothers and juveniles may gather in nursery herds separate from harem and bachelor herds.
She said farmers with affected herds have reported about 10% of their herds displayed symptoms.
Answers to protecting genetic diversity may lie in the transfer of bison between unlike herds or initiatives to create larger herds.
There are meals for these herds; herds of cattle, ram and what have you.
And the herds of the country went before them to the termon of Oiremh, and the bishop followed them upon the termon, and brought the herds to the army; and restitution was not given by them in honour of saint or sanctuary.
As herds of domestic reindeer have declined, herds of wild caribou have increased.
Male and female herds usually do not mingle until the breeding season, which can occur from July through September. citation However, female herds may also contain a few older males.
Outside of the rut, mixed sex herds can range from as few as three to as many as 180 individuals, while all-male bachelor herds are of typically no more than fifty individuals.
Some small herds are milked once a day for about the last 20 days of the production cycle but this is not usual for large herds.
According to Greg Bussler, state statistician for the Wisconsin field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the number of dairy farms in Wisconsin fell to 6,116 herds as of Jan.
Alba noted that Manolo Fortich was transformed into a first-class municipality from its humble origin of being a watering hole for herds of cows that were brought to Cagayan de Oro City to be shipped to the markets in Manila.
American farmers were primarily responsible for this, with their herds reduced by 2.7 million animals, or 2.7% of the 95.9 million head of cattle.
And compensation payments for “unclean cattle” that have to be slaughtered for TB control purposes are to be reduced – with ministers hoping this will incentivise farmers to keep herds free of the disease.
Antelope Island is where you’ll find one of the nation’s largest and oldest public bison herds.
A rice farmer has claimed that ranked Police officers have cattle in the herds and the Police are not adequately addressing the issue.
But the mustachioed 69-year-old, wearing a handsome mahogany-brown deel robe, said the race to increase the size of herds exponentially has “had many negative” outcomes.
Elk and deer herds move through Eagle during the winter.
Federal land managers said in new court filings ahead of the Reno hearing that the deaths among 2,500 horses gathered since July 9 are an unfortunate — but expected — part of necessary efforts to cull the size of large herds.
For dairy herds, only grazing half the height of the forage is recommended.
Common combinations with herds
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- herds of 49×
- their herds 19×
- large herds 13×
- herds in 12×
- herds and 11×
- dairy herds 11×
- the herds 10×
- herds to 8×
- herds are 8×
- and herds 6×