Sentence examples for were culled in from inspiring English sources

More than 100 million chickens were culled in an effort to stop the outbreak.

In one fell swoop, however, the Cross, Canvas and the Key were culled in favour of the regeneration of King's Cross.

They warned that tens of thousands of people could be at risk and subsequently more than 200,000 cattle were culled in order to prevent this, at a huge expense to the British economy.

Warsi praises senior figures who were culled in the recent cabinet reshuffle – Dominic Grieve, Ken Clarke, William Hague – to reinforce the point that Cameron's error in failing to address Palestinian grievance belongs to a pattern of misjudgment.

Fewer than 100 badgers were culled in the first ten days of the six-week cull in Somerset, which began on 26 August and will run to 6 October, it has emerged.

They have failed to deal with this problem for years, and should have covered up their waste ponds long ago". More than 150 pigeons were found to be contaminated with Sellafield's radioactivity in 1998, and contaminated gulls were culled in 2010.

Special ethical approval was unnecessary since the cows had been culled in the normal culling regime without conducting any animal experimentation.

Each year, thousands of animals are culled in European zoos for a variety of reasons.

Since the death of Marius, thirteen giraffes have been culled in EAZA zoos.

No doubt, many undocumented workers might be culled in such a cruel campaign.

In the last week alone, the number of birds to be culled in Minnesota because of the flu has topped 150,000.