Example Sentences

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His greatest hope for the future, Meghan is a high school senior at a horsy boarding school in the Washington area and possibly the most ingenuous girl since Alice in Wonderland.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022

The fact that we still do not have an official winner of the Kentucky Derby is what has the horsy set buzzing.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021

A Chicago bootlegger goes west after Prohibition and mixes with the horsy set.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2019

Thick cut bacon, lettuce, tomato, cheddar, avocado, red onion and horsy mayo on a toasted marble rye hoagie — can’t recommend it or that place enough.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2018

They gave off a pungent, horsy smell, as if freshly cut.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams