How to Use donkey in a Sentence

donkey

noun
  • No pinning the tail on the donkey in the case of the AI.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • After the deputy left the call, Hayes shot and killed the donkey.
    Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Was that pin the tail on the donkey box made for the show, or authentic to the '80s?
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 May 2022
  • The film is told from the donkey’s point of view and even the music helps do that.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Kate wants to play pin the tail on the donkey.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 May 2022
  • The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high priests in Jerusalem.
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The public got tired of it (and that donkey stunt didn’t air).
    Ben Smith, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2020
  • The donkey did eat from his hand at one point, the woman said.
    Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Open your eyes, sheeple: The donkey was a freaking fraud!
    Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Every donkey on the ranch, 97 of them, would have been killed.
    CBS News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The mule is a hybrid; a cross between a male donkey and a mare.
    David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 26 Dec. 2020
  • What kind of adolescent plays pin the tail on the donkey?
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Ibrahim jumps off the donkey cart, picks up a stick, and ties a white undershirt to it.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • There was a tropical drizzle in the air, and wild donkeys sought refuge in the brush.
    Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The newborn African wild donkey, which was born on Aug. 5, does not have a name yet.
    Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The donkey heehaws for Billy at the top of its lungs, and the bison grunts back.
    Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • There were donkeys to feed and cows to breed and plenty of cleaning to get done.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2023
  • The old miller and the young son decided to carry the donkey into town.
    Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Nearby, the blood from the donkey killed by the Taliban suicide bomber splattered the ground.
    New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Cheerful and spry, Mr. Ren swings open the wooden gate of the donkey shelter.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2023
  • The donkey dangled on a leather strap, it was meant as a necklace.
    Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Note that the donkey business was the only thing for which IRS nailed Wm.
    Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2021
  • One path is through mating, just as the horse and donkey mate to create a mule.
    Antonis Rokas, The Conversation, 4 June 2020
  • Pets and Wildlife Olvera Street’s donkey may be forced to hit the road after eviction.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024
  • This anomaly is the elephant in the room — and the donkey in the room too — of the voting rights debate taking place now.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Basilicò heard a donkey braying in the distance and followed the sounds with the hope of finding the path.
    Agostino Petroni, Outside Online, 5 May 2021
  • Either way, Sarah and her donkey kick are calling the shots from now on, okay?
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • King was struck by the dire fate of the world’s donkey population.
    Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Explore the farm village and interact with pigs, horses, goats and donkeys.
    Katie Peralta Soloff, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Some hybrids, such as mules—crosses between horses and donkeys—are unable to have offspring of their own.
    Rebecca Heisman, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024

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