oxen
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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How that happens will depend on whose oxen are gored.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Musk oxen and snowshoe hares inhabit the base perimeter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
When that stopped paying out, he used his oxen to feed the town of Bodie.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
They put one broken half of Plymouth Rock into the wagon, and the 30 oxen had an easier trip up Cole’s Hill, and they deposited it beside the liberty pole.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024
“Ain’t nobody lissnen to Wilf, I tell ya what,” he says, almost to himself, then strikes the reins on the oxen again.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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