oxen
Example Sentences
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The gathering extended into the early hours of the morning, until Gunner Beck, originally from Oxen Park in Cumbria, and Mr Webber were left drinking together alone.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025
Oxen were important draft animals, with their brawn pressed into service to till the land for rice, the foundation of the Japanese diet.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022
Jenn Miller, founder of the Trottin’ Oxen Run Club of Northern Virginia, had a different concern.
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2020
Oxen were replacing tractors in agricultural fields; wood was being used to to fire ovens in state-run bakeries, and a number of factories had either cut back on production or shut down altogether.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2019
Oxen were forgotten at the plough; loads were thrown down and scattered; nothing mattered for the moment but the wild exciting chase over hill and valley.
From Folk-Tales of the Khasis by Rafy, K. U.
