pack animal

Example Sentences

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For lookouts reachable on foot within a day, the Forest Service provided a pack animal — but the human had to walk.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Further, the camel’s capacity to store fat and water enabled it to travel up to ten days without stopping for fresh water, more than twice the time and distance of almost every other pack animal.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

But until Bieber can emancipate himself from them, it will always be hard to, well, “beliebe” in him as something more than a musical unicorn who’s internalized his role as a pack animal.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2020

“He seems unlikely to seek out the kind of companionship that a dog — naturally a pack animal — provides and needs.”

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2018

“But I’ll need a new pack animal to carry my gear ” It seems my luck had finally turned.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss