How to Use sacred cow in a Sentence

sacred cow

noun

• The old government program has become a sacred cow.
• There will be very few sacred cows.
  — Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
• There can’t be any sacred cows.
  — Bob Carey, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
• This sacred cow might not be such a blessing after all.
  — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• Stop protecting sacred cows like school aid.
  — Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
• In true comedy club fashion, no sacred cows were spared by those who took the mic.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Mar. 2023
• Khan’s ideas have challenged the closest thing to a sacred cow in antitrust law.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
• This is the sacred cow that is being fitted out for the slaughterhouse.
  — George Calhoun, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
• There is no more sacred cow in our current politics than Mueller.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 18 Mar. 2018
• First, only leadership can kill sacred cows.
  — Mark Lewis, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
• Red lines were crossed, sacred cows slaughtered, rules bent beyond recognition.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
• Also, braving the ire of lobbyists, the authors of the bill also kill some sacred cows.
  — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2017
• It’s all served on a sizzling hot platter in the shape of Nandi, a Hindu sacred cow.
  — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 29 Apr. 2022
• Those cuts would even hit defense spending, long a sacred cow to Republicans.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
• As a product of the sacred cow, ghee’s also a crucial component in sacrifice.
  — Rachel Khong, Bon Appetit, 14 Feb. 2017
• But before a viewer even has time to think about that question, the filmmaker is in pursuit of another sacred cow.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2022
• Everything’s on the table, with no preconceptions and no sacred cows.
  — Thomas Gryta, WSJ, 26 June 2018
• Check out our video above on the sacred cows, which uses real cows to illustrate key parts of the GOP plan.
  — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2017
• These bloated and inefficient school districts are sacred cows whose tax bases, and our tax bills, are growing without restraint.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026
• Before The Doppelgänger is over, no sacred cow is left unslaughtered.
  — Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, 18 Apr. 2018
• Others saw a businessman accustomed to getting his way who hitched his cart to a sacred cow – the nation’s veterans.
  — David Sharp, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
• But the only sacred cow was its market-leading position in the United States.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2018
• Humor is super important to try and open up dialogue, and sacred cows are always the funniest.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018
• Nothing was too precious for Hadad’s biting wit — not even the sacred cows of Mexican culture.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 19 Jan. 2018
• Police unions are no longer a political sacred cow, not even for Republicans.
  — Shikha Dalmia, TheWeek, 2 July 2020
• Head Start has been something of a sacred cow in Washington since its creation in 1965.
  — The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
• Any conglomerate could benefit from having a CEO for whom there are no sacred cows.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• And while Fleet Street has a reputation for fuzzy ethics, that goes hand in hand with a reader-pleasing willingness to scorch sacred cows.
  — Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 8 June 2024
• The meaning of the ick is different to everyone, and its amorphous nature makes for a softer work from Kahn, who has a penchant for taking on sacred cows.
  — Stephen Saito, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
• Boxes and packing materials, almost a sacred cow, were removed from stores in 2017.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 24 Dec. 2020