donkey

Example Sentences

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A zoo frantically looked for an escaped zebra but discovered the animal on the loose was actually a repainted donkey.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

"It's a bit like playing pin the tail on the donkey with us being partly blindfolded and there being very little donkey left for us to pin the tail on," Sherborne complained.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Apparently, the journey would have included a river raft and a donkey ride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Other times, such as the surreal world of the donkey afterlife, I thought of the colorfully unpredictable universe of the music-focused game “The Artful Escape,” a quest for personal identity and self-actualization.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

When I walked around the back of the inn to retrieve Rostam, the elderly donkey had fallen asleep and breathed so rarely that for a second I feared the worst.

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