Examples of 'thin the herd' in a sentence

Meaning of "thin the herd"

thin the herd: This phrase is often used metaphorically to describe reducing a large group of people or things to a more manageable or effective number. It typically means to eliminate weaker or less desirable elements from a group in order to strengthen or improve overall performance. For instance, 'They decided to thin the herd by removing underperforming staff.'
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  • to cull, to reduce the size of a group
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thin, the, herd.

How to use "thin the herd" in a sentence

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thin the herd
Thin the herd and all that.
It may become necessary to thin the herd.
Should thin the herd a bit.
Now we are just trying to thin the herd.
We could thin the herd out a little bit.
Perhaps we should thin the herd.
Thin the herd a little bit.
We should thin the herd first.
I think some folks think we should thin the herd.
It will thin the herd a bit.
We are gonna have to thin the herd.
Just thin the herd a bit.
We need them to thin the herd.
I thin the herd for the greater good.
Time to thin the herd.

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Thin the herd.
We do not wanna kill everybody just thin the herd a bit.
Can not thin the herd that way.
You can let the other brawlers battle it out to thin the herd.
Thin the herd to the best of the best of the best.
DTP did not replace the graphic designer but it did thin the herd.
Description, We must thin the herd to save the species.
See, first we let the lawyers and the jocks thin the herd.
You know, thin the herd.
Cherie is already in the showdown . Now we are just trying to thin the herd.
Why don't we just thin the herd to prevent starvation?
We do not want to kill everybody . just thin the herd a bit.
Thin the herd a little bit. Let's get started.
Give me a hell of a headache, but I could probably thin the herd a little.
Thin the herd and all that . Does this sweater make me look fat?
He came to understand that Pablo spoke in code . Time to thin the herd.
Let me out! Thin the herd.
Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd.
Options? Thin the herd.
Florence, you and I are going up there to thin the herd.
Thin the herd a little bit. - laughs.
You know what we need is another Titanic . Thin the herd a little bit.
Even a zoo like Rincon, a triple-overhead swell -- it 's gonna thin the herd.
Quiet . Thin the herd.
The way I see it, if I have got to thin the herd.
To blow off some steam, thin the herd.
We are gods - dark gods - and it is our duty to thin the herd.
We don't want to kill everybody, just thin the herd a bit.
They will single them out, divide them up, then thin the herd.
Could be good for her, you know, to blow off some steam, thin the herd.
Well… stand back and let some of them flunk, and then we thin the herd.
Like Nietzsche said, it's time to thin the herd.
It may become necessary … selectively, I am saying … to thin the herd.
Might even take the odd one . You know, thin the herd.
Even a zoo like Rincon, with triple overhead swell, gonna thin the herd.

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Examples of using Herd
Looks like a herd of elephants went through here
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Moved that herd like it was a column of infantry
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