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Example sentences for "small herd"

  • Sir John Willoughby, in his book ‘East Africa and its Big Game,’ mentions that he saw a small herd of five near Maji Chumvi.

  • Here I saw a small herd on three consecutive days on the banks of the Nzoia quite near to the same place.

  • A small herd of leucotis crossed the brook, and I killed another, but the smoke had become so thick that I was nearly blinded.

  • I also wrote for a supply of cattle, as my stock had dwindled to a small herd of milch cows, and the people at Fabbe had no meat except the flesh of any game that might be killed.

  • I also planned a triangular fort as a protection to my small herd of about a hundred milch cows at my own station.

  • For three days they had been tracking the spoor of a small herd of buffalo that still inhabited the district, but as yet they had not come up with them.

  • Being well acquainted with the language and customs of the natives, he did good trade with them, and soon found himself possessed of some cash and a small herd of cattle, which he received in exchange for his wares.

  • Hadden looked; there, pressed deep in the marshy soil, and to all appearance not ten minutes old, was the spoor of a small herd of buffalo.

  • A small herd of seven or eight giraffes, in escaping from the skirmishers, noisily advancing among the trees, shot forth into the open ground.

  • Not long after the departure of Groot Willem and his companions, Arend, looking towards a thicket about half a mile from the river, perceived a small herd of antelopes quietly browsing upon the plain.

  • Occasionally, a small herd of some of the many varieties of antelopes in which South Africa abounds fled before him; but these the great hunter scarce deigned to notice.

  • We stalked carefully, and found ourselves in the middle of a small herd of topis, one of which, half concealed in the brush, had deceived C.

  • A small herd of cows will, in the long run, bring quite a decent profit.

  • At certain times of year also elephants frequent the banks of the Tsavo in considerable numbers We saw many old signs, and once came upon the fresh path of a small herd.

  • I have been charged by a small herd, but a shot or two as they are advancing will usually scatter them.

  • Forsyth once came upon the bones of a small herd of five that had been driven over a precipice from the summit of a hill, on which there was a Hindoo shrine, by the drums and music of a religious procession.

  • Brigadier-General McMaster also relates how he and two friends, whilst coursing, watched for a long time four jackals trying to force one of a small herd of young bucks to separate from the rest.

  • Tukenda is the big man, whose influence reaches from south of Mswa to Boki; he has a small herd of cattle and large flocks of goats, and his people are evidently flourishing and very friendly.

  • This institution is the fortunate possessor of a small herd of ten buffaloes, of which four are males and six females.

  • A small herd of buffaloes has for several years past been kept at Bismarck Grove as an attraction to visitors.

  • At several of the hotels a small herd is kept in a corral for the pleasure and photography of visitors.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "small herd" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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