Wondering how to use Donkey in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as emblem or allegory.
Donkey meaning
- A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
- A stubborn person.
- A fool.
Using Donkey
- The main meaning on this page is: A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse. | A stubborn person. | A fool.
- Useful related words include: emblem, allegory, domestic ass, equus asinus.
- In the example corpus, donkey often appears in combinations such as: donkey kong, the donkey, and donkey.
Context around Donkey
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Donkey
- In this selection, "donkey" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, donna, original, series, kong, basketball and show stand out and add context to how "donkey" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include mario vs donkey kong series, a donkey shoe with and donkey kong. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "donkey" sits close to words such as annoyed, canton and chiang, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with donkey
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the "Clydesdale Donkey" commercial the donkey dreams of becoming a Clydesdale horse. (13 words)
In the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, Donkey Kong and Pauline even become friends. (14 words)
After three years, they have now been rehomed to the Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth. (14 words)
A donkey shoe with calkins Farriers shoeing a donkey in Cyprus in 1900 Nutrition Woolly páramo donkey In their native arid and semi-arid climates, donkeys spend more than half of each day foraging and feeding, often on poor quality scrub. (41 words)
The Donkey Show The Donkey Show is a disco-era experience based on A Midsummer Night's Dream, that first appeared off Broadway in 1999. citation Other In 1949 a three-act opera by Delannoy entitled Puck was premiered in Strasbourg. (41 words)
Among others, Dickens often stayed in The Royal Albion Hotel on the High Street, while the museum itself once belonged to Mary Pearson Strong, the model for Copperfield’s Betsey Trotwood, constantly at war with the town’s donkey touts. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
A donkey shoe with calkins Farriers shoeing a donkey in Cyprus in 1900 Nutrition Woolly páramo donkey In their native arid and semi-arid climates, donkeys spend more than half of each day foraging and feeding, often on poor quality scrub.
The Mario vs. Donkey Kong series is a successor to the original Donkey Kong series of games.
Gibbs’ understanding of why Mildred didn’t want Donna Donkey (because "Donna Donkey sucks") allowed Gibbs to see that he could best relate to their victim.
Kevin is also the author of “Last of the Donkey Pilgrims,” which chronicles his 1,800-mile journey around the coast of Ireland with a donkey and cart in 1979.
Over the course of the numerous popular Shrek and Donkey have each grown as characters and embarked on their own adventures (with Donkey even becoming a father).
According him, there is neglected attention given to breeding and multiplication of donkey by development agencies that accounts for the general decline of donkey population in the country.
In the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, Donkey Kong and Pauline even become friends.
It's a metaphor that Shrek and Donkey both refer to throughout the film after that first back and forth discussion, but Donkey's cheekiest reference to it comes in a most unexpected moment.
Speaking at an event on the impact of donkey trade on West Africa, the lawmaker said the aggressive donkey export has social and economic implications his bill sought to address.
The Forestburg ISD Education Foundation will be having “donkey basketball” on March 3 featuring the world famous Buckeye Donkey basketball donkeys.
In the "Clydesdale Donkey" commercial the donkey dreams of becoming a Clydesdale horse.
The Donkey Show The Donkey Show is a disco-era experience based on A Midsummer Night's Dream, that first appeared off Broadway in 1999. citation Other In 1949 a three-act opera by Delannoy entitled Puck was premiered in Strasbourg.
When the luris arrived, Bahrām gave each one an ox and a donkey and a donkey-load of wheat so that they could live on agriculture and play music for free for the poor.
While there is no marked structural difference between the gastro-intestinal tract of a donkey and that of a horse, the digestion of the donkey is more efficient.
A donkey stands inside a building damaged by the earthquake in the village of Tafeghaghte, near Marrakech, Morocco, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.
After her aunt's house was damaged by shelling, Ms Alashi - whose mother died during the coronavirus pandemic - walked eight miles (13 km) to Khan Younis, accompanied by her 70-year-old father in a donkey cart.
After three years, they have now been rehomed to the Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth.
Although he still has Donkey Kong’s animations and voice, it’s the closest thing players can get to Funky in MK8.
Among others, Dickens often stayed in The Royal Albion Hotel on the High Street, while the museum itself once belonged to Mary Pearson Strong, the model for Copperfield’s Betsey Trotwood, constantly at war with the town’s donkey touts.
A photo dated 1900 captures a group of five African American travelers posing on donkey back, draped in Victorian clothing and donning their large, touristy sun hats in front of Balanced Rock at Garden of the Gods.
Phrases with donkey
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with donkey
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- donkey kong 39×
- the donkey 30×
- and donkey 14×
- of donkey 12×
- donkey and 11×
- donkey sanctuary 10×
- donkey in 7×
- with donkey 7×
- for donkey 7×
- as donkey 6×