yoke

Example Sentences

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It featured a female panther resting its paws on a severed head, and was probably attached to the body of a carriage or wagon or to the yoke, which hitched draught animals to the vehicle.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Someone has to yoke the memory of Iran’s pre-1979 past to a live possibility of a better future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The “Texas is back!” meme has hung like a yoke on the Bevo steer mascot since 2016.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2023

He commended developing countries for “shaking off the yoke of colonialism.”

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Farther down the sloping meadow he found a ruined ox yoke left by a careless peasant which would burn long and well.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli