sty
Example Sentences
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Three piglets on the loose from an abandoned sty were foraging in the city street.
From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2022
“Once I jumped in that sty," he said, "I was going to be stuck wrestling in there for a while.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2018
They stashed him away in a pig sty, but it kept him alive, as enemy soldiers continued their search for Americans.
From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2018
Otherwise, you might as well join the rest of them in the sty!
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2017
When it was finally secure in the tiny sty in her back garden, the old woman brought out two stone flagons of water.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
