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.
  • For the first 10 weeks, Steve fed the fawn goat's milk.
    Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The breeder was worried about the fate of his 100 goats and five dogs.
    Chris Liakos, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
  • From the oxtail to the curried goat to the cow heel soup.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • Of course, Al Johnson's and its roof goats make the list.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2023
  • The sea goat isn't scared of commitment and tends to be in it for the long haul.
    Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Sedgwick stood up and danced around at the end of the video as she was joined by the Pygmy goat.
    Amethyst Tate, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Sedgwick stands up and dances around at the end of the video as she is joined by the Pygmy goat.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The court issued a warrant for the search and seizure of the goat on July 8.
    Michele Chandler, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • In the end, though, Jones wound up neither the goat nor the hero, but on the wrong side of a 35-29 overtime score.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Grover is a satyr, half boy and half goat, disguised as a 12 year old boy.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 May 2022
  • 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
  • Whoever came up with that idea was the wrong kind of goat.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Asking Krall to make sense of this is like asking a fish to be a goat.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Chip Gaines knows the old adage is true: happy wife (and goats), happy life!
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Alan Tudyk voices an adorable goat named Valentino in the movie.
    Wilson Chapman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Each walker gets their own goat to walk on a leash on a 90-minute hike around the historic farm.
    Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
  • Gifts range from a goat to an eye exam and from a chicken to a textbook.
    Elaine Ayala Commentary, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Dec. 2021
  • During the chase, Barker said a goat from the property joined the deputy.
    David Aaro, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2022
  • This goat looks intense and fierce with its thick face and slanted eyes.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Yanis’s boyfriend had parked his rig beside a small herd of goats.
    Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Watch a clip of goat Stevie Nicks singing on South Park‘s website.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Among the animals who have been saved: • Val is a white goat who couldn’t walk when she was born.
    Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Grover is a satyr (half human, half goat) disguised as a 12-year-old boy.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2022
  • 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

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