willing horse
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He's a very willing horse who always gives 110%.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010
Canadair's grizzled, square-jawed president, known as "willing horse" because of his 12-to-18 hour workday.
From Time Magazine Archive
And yet the conduct of the man Seemed honest-like and fair; For he seemed willing, horse and all, To go before the mare!
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
There was no use in working a willing horse to death; and perhaps I might also honestly say that by this time I was a trifle tired myself.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior
Half an hour passed and then the girl gathered up her reins and urged her willing horse into a canter.
From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Ridgwell Cullum
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
