Example sentences for: corn

How can you use “corn” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But half of all the soybean crops and a third of all the corn in the United States are already genetically modified varieties, and the possibilities of using genetic modification to increase crop yields and protect against pesticides, to say nothing of creating vitamin-enhanced crops, are so wide-ranging that it seems difficult to imagine they will be dismissed out of hand.

  • "Buy a ton of candy corn in the half-price Halloween sales."

  • Bill Bradley recently called for $11 billion in "emergency" aid and reversed his longtime opposition to subsidies for ethanol, a fuel derived from corn (his thoughtful explanation: "I changed my mind").

  • The others--Hatch, Bauer, Bush, Forbes, and Keyes--were quick to protest their fervent support for this boondoggle, which violates every known conservative principle but draws cheers in the corn belt.

  • Corn farmers could make a living off 100-acre spreads, too, if the Department of Agriculture was willing to tightly limit output and mandate high prices.


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