manes

Example Sentences

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I petted my horses’ manes one last time and drove away.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021

Many were emaciated, with unkempt manes and untrimmed hooves, she said, and they often had parasites.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2021

Terri had packed them, and we ramp up our final-night party in shiny manes of white, hot pink, psychedelic rainbow and even a green Marge Simpson.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2020

As he wrote in his 1963 poem “The Child,” “Who were the lion men with faces of fur / and manes / who bent by my crib to bless me?”

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2020

So she let herself sleep, too, and dreamed only of happy things: chirping songbirds and Black Forest cake, and sweet-tempered ponies with long red ribbons braided through their silky manes.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood