FODDER in a Sentence

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How many times had Levin seen this splendid fodder wasted, and tried to get it saved; but always it had turned out to be impossible.

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 Meanings and Examples of FODDER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fodder
 n.  coarse food for cattle or horses
Classic Sentence:
1  Also," went on Plushkin, "I am ashamed to say that hardly a wisp of fodder does the place contain.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
2  For days neither provisions for the men nor fodder for the horses had been issued.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XV
3  What struck him most was the sight of a splendid field of oats in which a camp had been pitched and which was being mown down by the soldiers, evidently for fodder.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV
4  Alpatych named others, but they too, according to Dron, had no horses available: some horses were carting for the government, others were too weak, and others had died for want of fodder.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IX
5  Well, to mention only firewood and fodder, let me inform you.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXV
6  How many times had Levin seen this splendid fodder wasted, and tried to get it saved; but always it had turned out to be impossible.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 25
7  'His sod corn will be good for fodder this winter,' said grandfather encouragingly.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
8  The seed of the nettle, mixed with fodder, gives gloss to the hair of animals; the root, mixed with salt, produces a beautiful yellow coloring-matter.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
Example Sentence:
1  One of Nancy's chores at the ranch was to put fresh supplies of fodder in the horses' stalls.
2  This kind of grass is a common fodder for horses.