donkey

Example Sentences

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The best he can muster against fellow contestant Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho is to bray like a donkey in labor distress that Arocho is full of “big, thick, ‘Traitor’ doo-doo.”

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

A key hallmark of Murphy’s status is his voluminous gallery of offbeat characters — an impeccably attired prison convict, a clumsy professor, a wisecracking donkey, an elderly Jewish man and even an obese, abusive wife.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

Some had brought their meagre resources: a donkey, a few goats, a horse.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

Those who could afford it paid high prices to hire donkey carts or small trucks to make the arduous journey north.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

But when I finish, the bags of water look awfully heavy on the poor old donkey.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri