Explore Mules through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mules meaning
plural of mule
Using Mules
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of mule
- In the example corpus, mules often appears in combinations such as: mules and, and mules, the mules.
Context around Mules
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mules
- In this selection, "mules" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, money, drug, colored, amid, taking and pulled stand out and add context to how "mules" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alleged drug mules taking place and and money mules were investigated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mules" sits close to words such as adaptability, alam and anzac, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mules
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It billed owners for 50 mules. (6 words)
Harris said horses and mules commonly gnawed on wood, perhaps when getting shoed. (13 words)
So long as we keep an eye on any mules that show up. (13 words)
It is commonly believed that mules are more easily handled and also physically stronger than hinnies, making them more desirable for breeders to produce, and it is unquestioned that mules are more common in total number. (36 words)
Chris Sheehan, NAB executive for group investigations and fraud, said the bank was seeing an increase in money mules, where a person allows their accounts to be used to move stolen funds. (32 words)
Flats were the order of the day, and the mother-of-two, who travelled with aides to the airport donned a favoured pair of $770 Valentino 'Roman Stud' mules in ivory calfskin. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
AFP Superintendent Morgen Blunden said officers were 'closely tracking the rise in drug mules' amid a rise in alleged drug mules taking place recently.
Lloyds Bank has moved to crack down on money mules after a 44 per cent increase in money mules was identified by the bank's team over the past year.
Exhibition shows where mules pulled heavy loads have now been joined with mules competing in Western and English pleasure riding, as well as dressage and show jumping competition.
Horses and mules The army was always short of horses and mules, and requisitioned them with dubious promissory notes given to local farmers and breeders.
It is commonly believed that mules are more easily handled and also physically stronger than hinnies, making them more desirable for breeders to produce, and it is unquestioned that mules are more common in total number.
Mules from Appaloosa mares produce wildly colored mules, much like their Appaloosa horse relatives, but with even wilder skewed colors.
Others, by contrast, believed that mules were more durable, and mules may have had a lower attrition rate on the trail than oxen.
Around 8,000 scammers and money mules were investigated here last year, and authorities are stepping up measures to counter the scourge.
Chris Sheehan, NAB executive for group investigations and fraud, said the bank was seeing an increase in money mules, where a person allows their accounts to be used to move stolen funds.
Crawford’s look also included pair of bright red mules and a curly blond wig.
EIA is an incurable disease commonly spread by biting flies or shared medical equipment between equines, such as horses, mules and donkeys.
Flats were the order of the day, and the mother-of-two, who travelled with aides to the airport donned a favoured pair of $770 Valentino 'Roman Stud' mules in ivory calfskin.
Harris said horses and mules commonly gnawed on wood, perhaps when getting shoed.
It billed owners for 50 mules.
Meanwhile, mules topped at £103 for Lawhill and hill ewes sold to £92 for Cheviots from Aitkenhead.
Police acted on a tip received through a hotline about a property in the Vila Sonia neighborhood, in western Sao Paulo, where dozens of people lived and — allegedly — worked as drug mules.
So long as we keep an eye on any mules that show up.
State Rep. Doug Dubitsky, a Republican, evoked the widely debunked movie “2000 Mules” during a legislative debate over the controversy surrounding the Bridgeport mayor’s race.
This was the same path forged by the Mexican cartels, which originally served as mules for drugs entering America, then took control of that entire supply chain.
To this day, mules are used to plough land on the Sierra de Contraviesa, where steep terraces make modern-day tractors impractical.
Common combinations with mules
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: