yak

Example Sentences

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As for the cheese, it’s traditionally made with Bhutanese yak cheese for a tangy flavor, and increasingly cow’s milk cheese.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

This is the roof of the world where traffic gives way to yak herders on horseback whistling to reluctant, grunting cattle, as eagles circle above.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

One of them approaches a vendor selling barbecued strips of yak meat.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

But you can also find cheese made with milk from other animals like sheep, goats and even water buffalo and yak.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024

The yak and his little yak friends started asking Daniel to dance for them, and he didn’t see that they were laughing or that anything was wrong until the main yak—what was his name?

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness