Examples of henhouse in a Sentence
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Therefore, the new character is the Big Bad Wolf and Steve's in the henhouse.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 June 2023
While exploratory for now, Simon's tie-up with Amazon would likely irk many of its tenants, bringing the proverbial fox into the henhouse, not to mention the fact that an Amazon fulfillment center would not increase shopper visits to malls that desperately need them.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2020
Tech guarding the henhouse?
—Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 25 July 2022
But Frankfurter’s dissent invited the legislative fox to guard its own districting henhouse.
—John Fabian Witt, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
Nothing’s enough for him— a share of eggs and vodka, a seat in the henhouse, monthly visits from virgins and schoolboys.
—Mira Rosenthal, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
Democracy advocates fear that partisan officials in these roles could stoke unfounded fears of election fraud or worse, prompting concern that the foxes are in the henhouse, so to speak.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2022
That’s apparently what happened over at Henry’s glass henhouse in Dearborn.
—Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022
The fox is in the henhouse, ready for a sumptuous meal.
—WSJ, 23 Feb. 2022
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 June 2023
While exploratory for now, Simon's tie-up with Amazon would likely irk many of its tenants, bringing the proverbial fox into the henhouse, not to mention the fact that an Amazon fulfillment center would not increase shopper visits to malls that desperately need them.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2020
Tech guarding the henhouse?
—Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 25 July 2022
But Frankfurter’s dissent invited the legislative fox to guard its own districting henhouse.
—John Fabian Witt, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
Nothing’s enough for him— a share of eggs and vodka, a seat in the henhouse, monthly visits from virgins and schoolboys.
—Mira Rosenthal, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
Democracy advocates fear that partisan officials in these roles could stoke unfounded fears of election fraud or worse, prompting concern that the foxes are in the henhouse, so to speak.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2022
That’s apparently what happened over at Henry’s glass henhouse in Dearborn.
—Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022
The fox is in the henhouse, ready for a sumptuous meal.
—WSJ, 23 Feb. 2022
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First Known Use
1509, in the meaning defined above
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“Henhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/henhouse. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
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henhouse
noun
hen·house
ˈhen-ˌhau̇s 
: a house or shelter for fowl and especially for domestic chickens
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