How to Use goat in a Sentence

goat

noun
  • In the last inning, a home run can make you the hero, and a strikeout can make you the goat.
  • For the first 10 weeks, Steve fed the fawn goat's milk.
    Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
  • And one of those fans brought a goat along to cheer on the birds.
    Jeff Nowak, NOLA.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • From the oxtail to the curried goat to the cow heel soup.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • By the time the yoga was done, the children were not afraid of the goats.
    Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2019
  • Of course, Al Johnson's and its roof goats make the list.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2023
  • The sheep -- though not the lambs or the goat -- gained weight at death for a few seconds.
    oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Not long ago, this area was home to a herd of goats that lived in a field.
    oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2020
  • On the rodeo’s last day, over 2,000 youth from across the state had checked in to show their lambs and goats.
    Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 20 Apr. 2020
  • The sea goat isn't scared of commitment and tends to be in it for the long haul.
    Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The breeder was worried about the fate of his 100 goats and five dogs.
    Chris Liakos, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Sedgwick stands up and dances around at the end of the video as she is joined by the Pygmy goat.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Sedgwick stood up and danced around at the end of the video as she was joined by the Pygmy goat.
    Amethyst Tate, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The court issued a warrant for the search and seizure of the goat on July 8.
    Michele Chandler, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Don’t be afraid to be a student to life again, my sea goats.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Three of the home’s goats gave their lives for the 20th anniversary feast.
    Ken Budd, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
  • His ewes will bear twins; his goats will bear triplets.
    Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019
  • How about a little goat milk for the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time)?
    Lindsay Colameo, Allure, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Some of the most popular cheeses are made from the milk of cows, goats and sheep.
    Stephanie Clark, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Drop the transfer case into low range and the Ram climbs like a goat.
    Michael Harley, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • GoatSongs And thanks @angiealaska for the screaming goat.
    Valerie Nome, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In the end, though, Jones wound up neither the goat nor the hero, but on the wrong side of a 35-29 overtime score.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Seven goats will scale — and eat — the 30-foot mount at the center of the gardens.
    Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Kids rode ponies and got up close with goats in a petting zoo.
    Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • That left two doors still unopened, one with a goat and one with a car.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The deputy was able to lure the goat off of a cliff with an apple from her lunchbox, the post said.
    oregonlive, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Fences and hedges need to be checked and checked again in order to goat-proof the paddocks.
    Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2020
  • Where goats once grazed, there is now a carpet of dry grass.
    Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020
  • There was a petting zoo with, fittingly, goats across from the arena as well as ice cream from the famous UConn Dairy Barn.
    Doug Feinberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Items with purchase certificates on display in the machines ranged from the sandwiches for the food bank to a new mattress for Canopy to a beehive or a live goat to the anti-hunger Church World Service.
    Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024

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