donkey

Example Sentences

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"It's a bit like playing pin the tail on the donkey with us being partly blindfolded and there being very little donkey left for us to pin the tail on," Sherborne complained.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Apparently, the journey would have included a river raft and a donkey ride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

The best he can muster against fellow contestant Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho is to bray like a donkey in labor distress that Arocho is full of “big, thick, ‘Traitor’ doo-doo.”

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

Some had brought their meagre resources: a donkey, a few goats, a horse.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

After the donkey lapped up what he wanted, Samir rubbed the rest of the water on the beast’s forehead, then delivered the last of the moisture to his own brow.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri