BOVINE in a Sentence

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Carol tried to stare them down but in face of the impishness of the boys and the bovine gaping of the men, she was embarrassed.

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 Meanings and Examples of BOVINE
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bovine
 a.  dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
Classic Sentence:
1  Carol tried to stare them down but in face of the impishness of the boys and the bovine gaping of the men, she was embarrassed.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
Example Sentence:
1  Nothing excites Esther; even when she won the state lottery, she still preserved her air of bovine calm.