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.
  • Of course, Al Johnson's and its roof goats make the list.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2023
  • Don’t be afraid to be a student to life again, my sea goats.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
  • How about a little goat milk for the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time)?
    Lindsay Colameo, Allure, 5 Nov. 2022
  • GoatSongs And thanks @angiealaska for the screaming goat.
    Valerie Nome, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Plaintiff, 9-year-old E.L., and Cedar, her beloved goat.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The couple said a tourist once bought a young goat from them and rented a truck to get it home.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
  • Each year, the massive goat is constructed in the same spot.
    Caleigh Alleyne, Country Living, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Chip Gaines knows the old adage is true: happy wife (and goats), happy life!
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Yanis’s boyfriend had parked his rig beside a small herd of goats.
    Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The path sloped gently downhill through fields with olive groves, cows grazing, and flocks of sheep and goats.
    Nick Romeo, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There was a baby goat, Coco, whose mother was killed by the fire.
    Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Desiree Rios, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Dogs are likely the first, followed by sheep, pigs, goats, and horses.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2023
  • No yelling or sticking your fingers in the baby goats’ mouths!
    Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Hike past a small waterfall, then stop to feed some horses, cows, and goats for a spell.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Their cute meet finds her in a mud puddle, after an encounter with a goat.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • But on a recent summer evening, the air filled with the sound of bleating goats and the scent of fried dough, there were few restrictions.
    Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Finally, find out why a herd of goats got a hero’s welcome in Chicago.
    CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The Bedouins are descendants of Arab nomads who roamed the desert for hundreds of years, herding sheep, goats and camels.
    Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The diet menu recommends certain types of cheese (goat, Comté), dessert, and a daily glass of wine.
    Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Among the most amusing pieces of new footage: the singer enjoying some quality time with goats.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 23 Oct. 2023
  • This little goat moved to a new neighborhood in Chicago.
    Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • At times in the past people have brought miniature horses, goats, potbellied pigs and cats in strollers.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • In 1705, the year that David celebrated his eighth birthday, his father stepped out to fetch some goat’s milk and dropped dead.
    David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Watch Shelton and Hudson recount the story of the Christmas goat below.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Travis had been loading five goats into a trailer after a youth rodeo.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Over the course of one week, the Federal Reserve board’s reputation sank from hero to goat.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Feel free to swap out the feta for another milky cheese, like fresh goat, or even a creamy bean, like cannellini.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 14 Dec. 2022
  • At that, his co-host for the evening, Dolly Parton, took the stage … wheeling behind her a pink wagon holding a goat.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 12 May 2023
  • With backing vocals from a figurine of a screaming goat, the couple’s cover got the Cyrus seal of approval.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2023

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