DEER in a Sentence

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55 example sentences for DEER, such as:

1. The deer coursed the open field.
2. They carefully observed the behavior of deer.
3. Where the deer is slain, some of her blood will lie.
4. The deer in the forest are all dying off from disease.
5. The deer and hare in our neighborhood reproduce madly.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEER
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deer
 n.  a hoofed grazing or browsing animal, with branched bony antlers
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  It was also distilled to a volatile salts for fainting ladies, the same way that the horns of the male deer are manufactured into hartshorn.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
2  They were charming up there, huddled together in the cart and peering down at me like curious deer when they come out of the thicket to drink.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV
3  The salt lake gave us its fish, the wood its deer, and the air its birds.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
4  'Tis enough," returned the father, glancing his eye toward the setting sun; "they shall be driven like deer from their bushes.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
5  "There is but one deer, and he is dead," said the Indian, bending his body till his ear nearly touched the earth.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
6  "An Indian is a mortal to be felt afore he is seen," returned the scout, ascending the rock, and throwing the deer carelessly down.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
7  The biggest coward I ever knew as called Lyon; and his wife, Patience, would scold you out of hearing in less time than a hunted deer would run a rod.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
8  In the center of the little island, a few short and stunted pines had found root, forming a thicket, into which Hawkeye darted with the swiftness of a deer, followed by the active Duncan.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
9  The foremost Indian bounded like a stricken deer, and fell headlong among the clefts of the island.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
10  They then approached, though with slow and cautious steps, pausing every instant to look at the building, like startled deer whose curiosity struggled powerfully with their awakened apprehensions for the mastery.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
11  He met us hard by, in our outward march to ambush his advance, and scattered us, like driven deer, through the defile, to the shores of Horican.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
12  He was without his favorite weapon, and his arms were even bound behind him with thongs, made of the skin of a deer.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
13  Extinguished brands were lying around a spring, the offals of a deer were scattered about the place, and the trees bore evident marks of having been browsed by the horses.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
14  The more abject of the two victims continued motionless; but the other bounded from the place at the cry, with the activity and swiftness of a deer.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
15  Turning like a headed deer, he shot, with the swiftness of an arrow, through a pillar of forked flame, and passing the whole multitude harmless, he appeared on the opposite side of the clearing.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
Example Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  The wildlife officer, in casual conversation, asks Hunter Joe where that deer came from.
2  The dogs rouse a deer from the bushes; quickly the deer becomes the target of hunters.
3  The deer has been jumping the fence to go to the timber from the corn field.
4  This is taken from a soft, furry covering on developing antler of deer.
5  They saw Robin Hood loose his arrow and fell the king's deer.
6  Aging deer, on the hoof, by their body characteristics is a much more reliable way.
7  Female deer leave their fawns in secluded spots while they forage for food.
8  My dad retrieved a flashlight from the truck, and we found the deer within a 100 yards.
9  I agree with Ontario Hunter, because I do not feel the need to handicap myself by using anything less than the best rifle available when hunting deer.
10  Have any of you seen the mystical 3 horned deer that is parading around in there?
11  The deer and hare in our neighborhood reproduce madly.
12  Where the deer is slain, some of her blood will lie.
13  They carefully observed the behavior of deer.
14  The deer in the forest are all dying off from disease.
15  The deer coursed the open field.