Herding

"Herding" in a Sentence (15 examples)

My mother was born in the heartland of America, but my father grew up herding goats in Kenya.

Tuaregs live mainly on cattle herding.

The rural population subsists primarily on nomadic herding.

Benedito felt a sense of pride as his billy goat won first prize in a local herding competition.

Benedito whistled a tune as he set off for a long day of herding, his billy goat following dutifully behind.

Benedito smiled as his billy goat greeted him with a happy bleat after he returned from a long day of herding.

Herding goats was Benedito's livelihood.

Herding was Benedito's family's tradition.

Benedito sang to his herd while herding.

In the West Bank, Ibrahim faces many challenges while herding his herd.

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These herdings and stabbings and stranglings occurred five hundred years ago, before America felt the withering touch of Europe. Does that exclude them from our concern?

The whole flock is divided up into seven herdings (the equivalent of the Scottish "hirsels"), and it is through the head shepherd's herding that the only new blood is introduced. Every two or three years some rams are bought at Hawick […]

It’s what known in the polling industry as “herding”. And herding, not to put too fine a point on it, is when pollsters cheat. Each polling company knows that however accurate their results are, they will ultimately only be judged on one poll. The final poll before the election.

Some observers are concerned also that polling firms “play it safe” by trying to ensure that their own results don't differ too much from the findings of other firms. This practice has been called “herding.”

Pollsters often engage in a practice known as “herding,” which refers to the tendency to announce results similar to those other organizations have already published.

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