- plural of ox.
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
They weren’t horses, they were oxen and they just plain didn’t move fast.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
