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
In her introduction, she swoops over the poppy fields to free the enslaved oxen forced to build the Yellow Brick Road.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
Musk oxen and snowshoe hares inhabit the base perimeter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
Another bunch of dudes and a bunch of oxen got it into a cart, in one piece this time.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024
North of the village was the commons, where we peasants grazed our own oxen and sheep.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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