Example Sentences

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Then suddenly the master of language will yoke his dramatic poetry like a chariot to the sun.

From Time Magazine Archive

Creating the system that will yoke together a bunch of Orlandos, each designed by a different cable-TV or telephone company, is expected to be a nightmare.

From Time Magazine Archive

Approaching the royal palace Jason makes known his mission, whereupon the king promises to relinquish the valuable possession if Jason will yoke to the plow two fire-breathing bulls and sow the teeth of the dragon.

From A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece by Given, Charles Stewart

"I will yoke the oxen and haul the pipe to the brook while you are gone."

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

If, moreover, you have a fancy for making a tour in Hellas or in the Peloponnese, I will yoke my horses, and will conduct you myself through all our principal cities.

From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Butler, Samuel