FARM in a Sentence

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For FARM, below is one of 282 sentences:
The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment.

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 Meanings and Examples of FARM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
farm
 n.  an area of land with buildings, used for growing crops or keeping animals
 v.  use land for growing crops or keeping animals as a business
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  On the farm thus acquired John Ferrier built himself a substantial log-house, which received so many additions in succeeding years that it grew into a roomy villa.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
2  Hence it came about that his farm and all that belonged to him prospered exceedingly.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
3  As he approached his farm, he was surprised to see a horse hitched to each of the posts of the gate.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
4  As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a stirring and a fluttering all through the farm buildings.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
5  Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
6  Alone among the animals on the farm he never laughed.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
7  This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep--and all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
8  And then, after a few preliminary tries, the whole farm burst out into 'Beasts of England' in tremendous unison.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
9  The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
10  Major's speech had given to the more intelligent animals on the farm a completely new outlook on life.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
11  Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
12  All the other male pigs on the farm were porkers.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
13  We have no means of making sugar on this farm.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
14  Mrs. Jones looked out of the bedroom window, saw what was happening, hurriedly flung a few possessions into a carpet bag, and slipped out of the farm by another way.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
15  A little way down the pasture there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
Example Sentence: (72 in 5 pages)
16  Their farm has been reduced to half its former size.
17  Some types of antibiotic are used to promote growth in farm animals.
18  She lived in seclusion with her husband on their farm in Panama.
19  It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry.
20  His new farm buildings encroach on his neighbour's land.
21  The experimental farm is near the waterpower station.
22  It's a typical country estate with a large house for the owner, farm buildings and estate workers' houses.
23  We buy all our produce from the local truck farm.
24  They had to travel into town to trade the produce from their farm.
25  They finally managed to raise him at Miller's sheep farm.
26  All these have helped raise farm yields steadily.
27  The new law does not refer to farm land.
28  The farm was flooded, with the result that most of the harvest was lost.
29  The stock farm was circled with a fence.
30  We worked on the farm in summer.