donkeys

plural of donkey

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of donkeys Barker Sternberg and her husband, Andy Sternberg, have five donkeys and one horse at their Lone Jack farm. Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025 No vehicles are allowed on the volcanic island, which meant Evans, Taylor-Joy and the rest of the cast and crew had an hour-plus hike up the shooting location, while donkeys carried equipment uphill. Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025 How about riding bulls, racing on donkeys or wearing chaps to class? Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025 Now, the 40 full-time residents are well outnumbered by the wild donkeys that call the island home. Peter Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025 Besides stables housing Sardinian donkeys, Shetland ponies, and native Giara horses, there’s a 20,000-square-foot Great Aviary, one of the park’s standout attractions. Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 On land, scientists have recorded chimpanzees playing with baboons, dogs with donkeys, and giraffes interacting with ostriches. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for donkeys
Noun
  • That's right, thanks to the one and only Taylor Swift for hopping on and deciding to talk with two complete idiots that don't know anything about the music industry.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This doesn't mean the Furons are idiots who got lucky, though.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Still, as Mann says, members of Gen Z are no dummies.
    Julia Sullivan, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But the claim here isn’t that the Snakes are baseball dummies and the Padres are baseball geniuses.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Donkeys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donkeys. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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