donkey's years

Examples from literature

And you should see his pomposity as he rides his humble donkey through the streets of Seoul. 
Caroline and the donkey walked slowly off toward the wood, which cast cool shadows. 
He is a very gentle old donkey. 
The donkey was waiting outside with all the patience for which donkeys are renowned. 
The only sound he made was a low word of encouragement to the donkey. 

donkey | American Dictionary

donkey
noun[ C ]
us/ˈdɑŋ·ki, ˈdʌŋ-, ˈdɔŋ-/
a gray or brown animal like a small horse with long ears

Examples of donkey

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The last few kilometres had to be covered on donkeys, along a path made almost impassable by the winter rain.
Although informants used a general term meaning wealth or treasure, they were referring to livestock (cattle, goats, donkeys and horses).
In donkeys, the throat was too narrow to allow effective dosing in this way.
An industrial revival can not for long remain based on mules and donkeys.
In addition, the duration of the immune response in the absence of viral challenge is not known in donkeys.
Only a few villagers possessed donkeys, and even fewer horses.
In addition to wild herbivores, the ranch also houses domestic stock, of which there are approximately 3000 cattle and 500 sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.
Faecal recovery values of dosed and selected natural alkanes in cattle and donkeys were also measured.
I then recognized how arrogant is the linear 'carrot and stick' metaphor, designed to move donkeys a short distance.
Moreover, the intricacies of herding camels, horses, donkeys, cattle, sheep and goats are simply alluded to in passing, without being investigated.
The donkeys were introduced to their experimental routine 19 days before the start of the trial.
A mass flight, a human tidal wave, some barefoot and half naked, some on the backs of mules and donkeys.
He even inverts the traditional ' lions led by donkeys ' cliche!
When placed at the back of the tongue the donkeys were frequently able to recover the boli and eject them from their mouths.
At all the towns mentioned there were large herds of cattle, numerous goats, and not a few donkeys.
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