yoked

Example Sentences

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If Piker could become yoked, then anything was possible.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025

But what’s thrilling about Roxander is technique yoked to eagerness.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023

For too long, cottage cheese was unfairly yoked to the diet industrial complex or discarded as an old-school, if virtuous, deli or diner side.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2023

Instead of being yoked to outfit sets, “you had the ability to mix and match a skirt with a more formal top,” says fashion historian Sara Idacavage, an instructor at the University of Georgia.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2023

They had the oxen yoked to a sled, which was already half loaded with stones, and were digging away at more stones buried in a newly cleared field.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson