How to Use feeder in a Sentence

feeder

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  • The feeder should be at least five feet off the ground.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Even among the housed, feeders tend to live on the margins.
    — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • If a squirrel sits on the perch, the feeder shuts off the flow of seed.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • The best slow feeders are lick mats and slow-feeder bowls.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Your pet’s feeder needs to hold no more than three to six weeks of food.
    — Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2022
  • The early birds will be looking for feeders on the front porch.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • His second choice is to bolt out the front door and ambush the bird feeder.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Food for the latter two work just as well for feeder birds.
    — Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
  • Once opened, dry pet food can go stale, even if stored in the reservoir of a feeder.
    — Lindsay Pevny, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2022
  • One way to end the conflict would be to take down the jelly feeder for a week or two.
    — Val Cunningham Contributing Writer, Star Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Be sure to keep the area under the feeder clean of leftover birdseed.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • The dove defends its place on the feeder with something Beth calls the kung-fu wing slap.
    — Washington Post, 9 May 2022
  • If your dog likes to inhale their food, a slow feeder is a good way to slow them down.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Nuthatches pluck a seed from the feeder, wedge it in a tree-bark crevice and pound it with their beaks to break it open.
    — Paul Stenquist, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2020
  • The Waukegan school district will take over the feeder program.
    — Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Fortunately, the cat feeder had a hole on the side, which allowed the dog to breathe.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The Kvichak River, the largest feeder stream on the east side of Bristol Bay, is colder still.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2020
  • The brand says that the 10-inch feeder can also be used as a handheld version.
    — Cailey Lindberg, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2023
  • First, the researchers built a 54-liter flight chamber, with a feeder on one side and a perch on the other.
    — Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS, 18 Aug. 2020
  • That’s why this automatic pet feeder is the best fit for the job.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The feeder should be placed near an outlet or USB hub and on a flat surface to avoid spills.
    — Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2022
  • On two nights last week my bird feeder was cleaned out from full to empty.
    — Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 15 June 2021
  • Let the sweet solution cool before putting it in the feeder.
    — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
  • Fill the can with cooking oil to block the ants’ access to the feeder’s sugar water.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2022
  • The buck showed up at a corn feeder about 30 yards away, but the young hunter could tell it was acting skittish.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2021
  • To attract large numbers of gold finch, use Nyger seed in a cage feeder made for it.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Look for that charming junco at the bird feeder or the deer prancing despite the cold.
    — cleveland, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The feeder crumpled beneath the weight of the whitetail, and both animals fled the scene before the video cut out.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 23 Aug. 2023
  • When are you bottom feeders gonna find something real on me?
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • With rosters limited at 105, has there been any consideration of using feeder programs where Nebraska sends its excess players?
    — Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025

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