horse

Example Sentences

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In the past decade, Minella Times is the only horse to have fallen in their career and won the Grand National.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Maybe value can continue to beat growth, but there are speedier steeds in the investing-factor horse race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

While Freud, Mr. Phillips tells us, describes human beings “as driving the horse in the direction the horse wants to go,” Rorty “wants us to wonder what are better alternative descriptions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

I Am Maximus is bidding to become the first horse to carry top weight to victory since triple winner Red Rum in the 1970s.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

I heard a few shouts and hollers from the street, even the shrill protesting from a horse, but couldn’t see what was happening.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan