donkey
Example Sentences
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The best he can muster against fellow contestant Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho is to bray like a donkey in labor distress that Arocho is full of “big, thick, ‘Traitor’ doo-doo.”
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026
A key hallmark of Murphy’s status is his voluminous gallery of offbeat characters — an impeccably attired prison convict, a clumsy professor, a wisecracking donkey, an elderly Jewish man and even an obese, abusive wife.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
Some had brought their meagre resources: a donkey, a few goats, a horse.
From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025
Those who could afford it paid high prices to hire donkey carts or small trucks to make the arduous journey north.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025
They shuffled on their mismatched bronze and donkey legs, hissing and fighting with each other, apparently in no hurry to reach the Doors of Death.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.