1
: a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock
herded the cattle into the corral
2
: an enclosure made with wagons for defense of an encampment
corralled; corralling
1
: to enclose in a corral (see corral entry 1 sense 1)
corralled the horses
2
: to arrange (wagons) so as to form a corral (see corral entry 1 sense 2)
Examples of corral in a Sentence
Noun
the horses live in our corral, along with a cow
Verb
corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO
corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 June 2025
Comprised of a 31-room main home and an adjacent guest house, stable, golf course, and corrals, the estate was donated to California in 1944 by Rogers’s window, Betty.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
Corey Elinburg, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Who would corral the normie voters this time, the longer-shot candidates probably asked, if not the Gray Lady?
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 June 2025
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Noun
Humpback whales were already known to use bubbles to corral, and males have been observed creating bubble trails or bursts when competing for a female mate, according to the SETI Institute.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 June 2025
Comprised of a 31-room main home and an adjacent guest house, stable, golf course, and corrals, the estate was donated to California in 1944 by Rogers’s window, Betty.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
As a result, governance processes can’t corral or keep up with SaaS adoption.
—Corey Elinburg, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Who would corral the normie voters this time, the longer-shot candidates probably asked, if not the Gray Lady?
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 June 2025
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“Corral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corral. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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corral
1 of 2 noun
cor·ral
kə-ˈral 
1
: a pen for keeping or capturing livestock
2
: an enclosure made with wagons for defense of a camp
corral
2 of 2 verb
corralled; corralling
1
: to keep in or as if in a corral
2
3
: to arrange wagons so as to form a corral
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