FOX in a Sentence

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For FOX, below is one of 98 sentences:
So he sat down, and the fox began to run, and away they went over stock and stone so quick that their hair whistled in the wind.

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 Meanings and Examples of FOX
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fox
 n.  a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
 v.  deceive somebody
Classic Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  He once found a little fox cub half drowned in its hole and he brought it home in th bosom of his shirt to keep it warm.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  "If I had a raven or a fox cub I could play with it," said Mary.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  "This is th little fox cub," he said, rubbing the little reddish animal's head.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
4  The little fox and the rook were as happy and busy as they were, and the robin and his mate flew backward and forward like tiny streaks of lightning.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
5  She wanted to tell Colin about Dickon's fox cub and the rook and about what the springtime had been doing.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
6  Dickon brought his fox and his rook and I was going to tell you all about them.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
7  The fox and the crow were with him again and this time he had brought two tame squirrels.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
8  A boy, and a fox, and a crow, and two squirrels, and a new-born lamb, are coming to see me this morning.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  The new-born lamb was in his arms and the little red fox trotted by his side.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  Then the fox said, 'Do not shoot me, for I will give you good counsel; I know what your business is, and that you want to find the golden bird.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
11  However, at last it was agreed he should go, for he would not rest at home; and as he came to the wood, he met the fox, and heard the same good counsel.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
12  So he sat down, and the fox began to run, and away they went over stock and stone so quick that their hair whistled in the wind.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
13  When they came to the village, the son followed the fox's counsel, and without looking about him went to the shabby inn and rested there all night at his ease.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
14  Then the fox stretched out his tail again, and the young man sat himself down, and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
15  Then the son sat down on the fox's tail, and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
Example Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
16  The fox smells his own stink first.
17  The dogs are specially trained to follow the trail left by the fox.
18  The fox got its foot caught in a trap.
19  A fox may grow grey, but never good.
20  A fox may grow gray, but never good.
21  The fox was released into the wild when it was old enough to fend for itself.
22  I didn't even get to see the fox, let alone be in at the kill.
23  You can have no more of the fox than the skin.
24  The hounds had lost the scent of the fox near the river.
25  She had never taken part in a fox hunt before.
26  He was jokingly called old fox by his partner.
27  The fox burrowed under the fence to reach the chickens.
28  Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings.
29  The fox changes his skin but not his habit.
30  It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon.