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

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

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2023

It includes a henhouse; a couple of fenced pastures; six beehives each housing 60,000-80,000 bees; and many meticulously maintained beds where countless vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs thrive.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

I went to unlatch the lock to the henhouse but it was already undone, the door cracked ajar.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia