yoking
- present participle of yoke.
Example Sentences
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They have, Keegin says, “by and large subordinated their work as professional intellectuals and historians to the news cycle, yoking their reputations to the delirious churn of outrage media.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
That idea ran counter to blocos’ freewheeling nature, plus some organizers expressed worry it was a further attempt to “privatize” Carnival by yoking them with corporate sponsorship.
From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2022
Part of the reason for yoking the climate bills to transportation was to force action on a much-needed transportation package.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2021
Just as Tocqueville predicted, aristocrats like the Roosevelts and Stimsons managed to transfer their allegiance from class to country, successfully yoking their personal ambition to larger public causes.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2018
She and Claes tilled their field together, yoking themselves like oxen to the plough.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
