PIG in a Sentence
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161 example sentences for PIG, such as:
1. He'll stand like a pig in a poke.
2. Such is the natural life of a pig.
3. Not a pig appeared to be stirring.
4. It was a pig walking on his hind legs.
5. Farmers feed kitchen waste to the pigs.
2. Such is the natural life of a pig.
3. Not a pig appeared to be stirring.
4. It was a pig walking on his hind legs.
5. Farmers feed kitchen waste to the pigs.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PIG
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pig
n. domestic swine
v. live like a pig, in squalor
Classic Sentence: (146 in 10 pages)
1 Such is the natural life of a pig.
2 Many years ago, when I was a little pig, my mother and the other sows used to sing an old song of which they knew only the tune and the first three words.
3 Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.
4 The best known among them was a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice.
5 Benjamin could read as well as any pig, but never exercised his faculty.
6 He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels.
7 Almost immediately the footprints of a pig were discovered in the grass at a little distance from the knoll.
8 Four dogs guarded his bed at night, one at each corner, and a young pig named Pinkeye was given the task of tasting all his food before he ate it, lest it should be poisoned.
9 Not a pig appeared to be stirring.
10 It was a pig walking on his hind legs.
11 The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
12 He'll stand like a pig in a poke.
13 I was that energetic person, and I have satisfied myself that by no exertion of my strength can I transfix the pig with a single blow.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
Context Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
14 If you're going to turn into a pig, my dear,' said Alice, seriously, 'I'll have nothing more to do with you.
15 This time there could be NO mistake about it: it was neither more nor less than a pig, and she felt that it would be quite absurd for her to carry it further.
Example Sentence:
1 "If it had grown up," she said to herself, "it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think."
2 Which animal do you think is more recalcitrant, a pig or a mule?.
3 I wasn't particularly stoic when I had my flu shot; I squealed like a stuck pig.
4 But "let me be clear" a pig in a tuxedo, is still a pig no matter how hard you squint.
5 I fetched the pig in, and took him back nearly to the table and hacked into his throat with the axe, and laid him down on the ground to bleed; I say ground because it was ground -- hard packed, and no boards.
6 In the case of the guinea pig, the number of offspring varies between two and five.
7 They stood gaping at the pig in the kitchen.
8 A famed person and a fattened pig are alike in danger.
9 The source of meat for much of this region has traditionally been the pig.
10 The word 'pig' is a derogatory term for policeman.
11 The pigs were grunting contentedly as they ate their food.
12 There are all sorts of animals, including bears, pigs, kangaroos, and penguins.
13 Farmers feed kitchen waste to the pigs.
14 In his delirium, the drunkard saw pink panthers and talking pigs.
15 It was agreed without further argument that the milk and the windfall apples should be reserved for the pigs alone.