dead horse
Example Sentences
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It’s also largely responsible for the smell of the delicately-named dead horse arum, a relative of the so-called corpse flower, or titan arum.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
As late as 10 p.m., the dead horse was left uncovered on the carpool lane on the 605.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2024
“I think you would like to have those players playing in an ideal world, but I feel like we’re sort of beating a dead horse in this media room a little bit,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024
The dead horse was found by a citizen in Hempstead, about 50 miles northwest of Houston, at around 8:30 a.m.
From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023
So the entire story came to my father because a dead horse fell one hundred sideways miles and broke my back.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
