Sentence examples for flocks which from inspiring English sources

The early colonists were awed by the vastness of the flocks, which contained hundreds of millions — perhaps billions — of birds.

Instead, they begin reducing the size of their herds or flocks, which eventually leads to less meat on the market and higher prices.

The judge, J. Garvan Murtha of Federal District Court in Brattleboro, Vt., refused to stop the killing of the flocks, which are owned by Larry and Linda Faillace of East Warren and Houghton Freeman of Stowe.

For one thing, the infection was first detected in a commercial farm with 46,000 poultry and not among backyard flocks which represent 60% of the country's poultry production and which would be expected to have greater contact with wild birds.The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation FAOO) estimates Nigeria imports around 1.2m day-old chicks every year.

Lower gross margins were obtained by households with small flocks, which belonged to the poor.

In an extreme proposal, it suggests passenger planes might fly together in flocks, which can result in huge energy savings.

I get mine from a flock which is dry-plucked and hung.

Check out the composition of Oprah's television flock, which, like all daytime audiences, is largely female.

Recently, he added two more to his flock, which he keeps in a pen in the backyard when not in service.

The cardinals chose defiance over deference to the expectations of their devastated flock, which thought that celibacy, women priests and married priests might be discussed.

The poet Billy Collins offers a slightly different perspective on bookmaking in "Flock," which begins with the note "It has been calculated that each copy of the Gutenberg Bible…required the skins of 300 sheep".