How to Use doe in a Sentence

doe

noun
  • The doe keeps turning and scooting away and shakes two of the fawns.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The deputy reported finding two doe in the back seat and the buck in the trunk.
    Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 July 2017
  • The camera showed a lone, long-faced doe that seemed to live there.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Walker arrived and found that both the fawn and the doe had passed away.
    Josh Magness, miamiherald, 11 June 2018
  • Sasser said the doe crossed the road and took off across a pasture.
    Matt Williams, Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2020
  • When the doe goes into labor, the VIT ejects out of the birth canal and onto the ground.
    Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The agency says local deer hunters had formed a pact to leave the doe alone.
    Fox News, 11 May 2018
  • Late last night in Osage Co., a doe had given birth to a fawn near the side of the road.
    Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 10 June 2018
  • Just as the sun was shaking the frost from the mountains, a buck appeared, hot on the trail of a doe.
    Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020
  • The villain is always more fun to play than a doe-eyed gal.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 May 2021
  • Their 2-year-old dog, Zuzu, was caught on camera as a doe chased her around the yard.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2019
  • In the morning, I’ll be set up on a trail along the downwind edge of a doe bedding area.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The next morning the ice had melted, and a doe and her fawn were drinking the water.
    Washington Post, 28 May 2021
  • The process continues until the fawns are strong enough to run and follow the doe.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2018
  • In the distance, three young does picked their way through the undergrowth.
    Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The homeowners were away and police could not get into the house to shoo the doe away.
    David Owens, courant.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The buck was chasing a hot doe in and out of the thick cover that was only 50 yards away from Sankey.
    Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The does were released by wildlife officers near where the men were stopped.
    Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The coyote keeps biting and pulling at the fawn while the doe spins around kicking and stomping at it.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
  • Now, the doe-eyed actor is looking ahead to a major year.
    Paige Stables, Allure, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Snap it up in sizes XXS through 5X and four colors: doe tan, black, hot pink, and lavender.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The tall eight pointer was chasing after a smaller buck, which was hot on the heels of a doe.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The doe died but was delivered of a fawn, which Minuth wrapped in a towel and placed in his squad car, the post said.
    Rafael Guerrero, Naperville Sun, 31 May 2018
  • Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
    Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Eventually the old buck came out to the food plot at the bulletproof stand, lured by a group of does.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The doe had lost her fawn to wounds shortly before the rescuers arrived.
    National Geographic, 26 Sep. 2016
  • They must be accompanied by an adult, and the youth hunter can take a doe or buck with a bow or gun.
    Outdoor Life, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The doe’s carcass will undergo a necropsy at the Wildlife Health Lab.
    Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 12 June 2019
  • However, the doe will stay away if humans or dogs are too close and could take several hours to return.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • As a hunter lands several arrows in his quarry, a wounded doe nibbles some growing dittany.
    Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024

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