oxen

Example Sentences

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How that happens will depend on whose oxen are gored.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Musk oxen and snowshoe hares inhabit the base perimeter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

When that stopped paying out, he used his oxen to feed the town of Bodie.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Another bunch of dudes and a bunch of oxen got it into a cart, in one piece this time.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024

Slowly but surely the oxen and horses start moving forward again, pulling away from us, people still looking back but at least getting farther away.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness