barnyard

Example Sentences

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Reuters reports that they’re resorting to barnyard language to attack Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s new prime minister.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

I learned the many shades of stink — from barnyard funk to gym sock to overripe fruit — and how to spot the difference.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2025

While he speaks to me from his home in Sierra Leone, a rooster crows in the background, punctuating his sentences like a barnyard hype man.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2025

Trouble and the rest of the herd spent their days roaming three canyons and being tended to by staff in the animal barnyard.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023

“And now I’m going to get some sleep before our coachman delivers us unto the joys of the Ludington family barnyard and their odiferous pigs.”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson