oxen

Example Sentences

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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

They put one broken half of Plymouth Rock into the wagon, and the 30 oxen had an easier trip up Cole’s Hill, and they deposited it beside the liberty pole.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024

Normally the musk oxen prefer to stay in the valleys foraging on grass and dwarf willow.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

From the stable the pair of oxen bellowed and rolled their eyes in terror.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander