henhouse

Example Sentences

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Is this a fox in the henhouse scenario, they ask?

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

It is relevant because trusting the very agency that has been responsible for the myriad problems plaguing Arizona’s death-penalty system is a classic instance of letting the fox guard the henhouse.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2025

Sure, someone/thing may have to guard the henhouse, but that’s a small price to pay if their translocation increases their genetic diversity.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

Jordan Adams, as it happened, was exactly the fox they wanted to eject from their own henhouse.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2023

He drew a picture of my henhouse on the stumps, only it wasn’t really realistic, because he drew it walking through the woods, like the stumps were feet, and you know that’s impossible.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones