Animal Farm

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a political satire (1945) by George Orwell.

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How to use Animal Farm in a sentence

He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.
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Although the NFL party animal loves flaunting his washboard abs, he seems more fratboy than Fabio.
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They were just way too aggressive to try and maintain on a farm here,” says Gow of his “Nazi cows.
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This is acting in every sense of the word—bringing an unevolved animal to life and making it utterly believable.
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Not sure if you noticed, but 2014 has been a banner year for animal robots.
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In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
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The evening previous to his death he was walking about the farm, in the full possession of all his faculties of mind and body.
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Both animal and man seemed to be dozing, but they woke into activity when the sahib approached.
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A girl was moved to pity by a picture of a lamb caught in a thicket, and tried to lift the branch that lay across the animal.
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Van Twiller was himself a grower of the plant and had his tobacco farm at Greenwich.
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Cultural definitions for Animal Farm

Animal Farm

(1945) A novel of satire by George Orwell. Animals take over a farm to escape human tyranny, but the pigs treat the other animals worse than the people did. A famous quotation from the book is “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”