roan

Example Sentences

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At Red Cliffs Lodge near Moab, I rode a big, red roan horse named Little Joe on a three-hour trail ride through the valley where the 1950 movie “Rio Grande” was filmed.

From Washington Post

Taran strove to overtake her and seize the hanging bridle, but the roan sped onward to the ravine.

From Literature

Gray or roan horses are 0 for their last 31 in the Derby; Essential Quality and Soup and Sandwich will aim to snap that drought.

From Seattle Times

One safari outfitter from Africa was offering a $25,000 “Trump Special,” inviting hunters to “make your own drone strike” by shooting a buffalo, sable, roan antelope and crocodile in a single trip.

From Fox News

“And this here’s my daddy,” he said, smiling at a little old man who came around the house leading a big roan horse that was saddled up.

From Literature