Example Sentences

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How that happens will depend on whose oxen are gored.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

They don’t really care about “the reasons” or how others were experiencing America, whose ox the past few decades was being gored.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

A bison was “defending its space” when it gored an 83-year-old tourist in Yellowstone National Park, officials said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Last July, a 47-year-old woman sustained significant injuries after being charged and gored by a bison.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

The steer who had been gored had gotten to his feet and stood against the stone wall.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway