How to Use corral in a Sentence

corral

1 of 2 noun
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  • The mob took the two men up New High Street to the gate of an old corral.
    — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 11 May 2022
  • The female calf, born June 20, walked out of the barn door to stand in the outdoor corral.
    — Greg Gilbert, The Seattle Times, 26 June 2017
  • Beyond the corrals, the ranch appears on the west side of the twisted two-track.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The boys were playing with heavy equipment toys inside the corral at the time of the crash.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 5 May 2022
  • The clearing contained a corral, a shed and a makeshift shack.
    — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The corral was to be rigged with a gate that would swing shut, trapping the escapees.
    — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Bicycle valet and bike corral on the Greenbelt side of the park.
    — Michelle Jenkins, idahostatesman, 23 June 2017
  • In addition to the pool, there’s a putting green, a working horse barn and a corral.
    — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Weiss was looking in at the corral — there was just one girl left riding.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The bikes cost 24 cents per hour to rent and have to be stored in dedicated corrals.
    — Carlton Reid, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • At the Double Devil corrals, Highnote paid just $125 to adopt the horse.
    — CBS News, 21 Dec. 2019
  • There will be a bicycle valet and guarded bike corral on the Greenbelt side of the park.
    — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 22 June 2017
  • Toward the end, one horse could be seen limping outside the corral.
    — Jim Carlton, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2022
  • In a corral at the back of the fairgrounds the hungry horses shoved their noses into bales of waiting hay.
    — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 8 July 2019
  • How did Sin City shift from a Rat Pack watering hole to the corral where celeb chefs square off to be the king of burgers?
    — Neil Gladstone, GQ, 20 June 2017
  • Harris vaulted a short wall at the end of the cart corral and turned back toward Elliott, gun in hand.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The bison bucked and snorted, their big eyes peering between the wooden slats of the corral.
    — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Park in the dirt lot behind the reservation office and horse corral.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
  • Take either leg as both converge at a corral complex at the 0.1-mile point.
    — Mare Czinar, azcentral, 14 May 2020
  • Atkinson had lured them inside a corral trap from the pens days before.
    — Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • At sunset, shepherds drive their flocks through the fields to small corrals for milking.
    — Elena Becatoros, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2017
  • That’s enough ponies in the corral to make this car the most powerful production sedan on the planet.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Volunteers trailing the last corral serve as pace-setters for the 18-minute mile.
    — Channing King, The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2022
  • The right fork heads to a rustic corral and a sizable water hole called Hunting Tank.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2022
  • With 28 corrals of runners and staggered starting times, Watt had to sound the horn often.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The largest cow corral is in the Boston Common, with 11 sculptures, according to the pasture map.
    — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
  • Fahim claims the general public does not spend enough time at the corral to see the treatment the horses receive.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Most vineyards are on Pico, an island on which vines grow in small corrals made of black basalt stones.
    — Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • There's a corral, a stable and bullpens -- 170 stalls inside and out -- two entrances and exits, and plenty of parking.
    — Aaron Gettinger, arkansasonline.com, 28 Nov. 2023
  • But by the time the fully in-person schedule is implemented, there might not be any employees left to corral.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
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corral

2 of 2 verb
  • Add a simple wall shelf to the blank space and use it to corral smaller items.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Many streets were closed off, and blue ropes kept the crowds, at times a half-dozen deep, corralled on the sidewalks.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This time, the zebra was from the main herd corralled at his sprawling farm.
    — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The goat was briefly corralled twice, only to escape again.
    — Al.com Staff, al, 23 July 2023
  • Booms were deployed around the crash site to corral any leakage.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
  • The ball was batted up into the air, Wahl corralled it and UW had survived.
    — Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The bull was loose for about three to four minutes before rodeo staff corralled it again.
    — Siena Duncan, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But somebody needs to corral all that stuff to feed it into this new world of LLMs.
    — Naren Narendran, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • One easy way to corral clutter is to eliminate the pool of footwear that tends to collect by the door.
    — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Kubalik had a great chance from the left circle, but Quick was able to bat at the puck and knock it into the paint and corral it.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The Pastel Hues Outfit Don’t keep springy pastels corralled into the first few months of the year.
    — Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Aug. 2023
  • If other major cities have found a way to corral their waste, New York City can, too.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Reeder was able to corral the lizard into a garage and capture it.
    — Express-News Digital Staff, San Antonio Express-News, 30 July 2022
  • When a ball went to the floor, no Clippers went to the floor to corral it, and Utah’s hustle led to a bucket on the way to winning the quarter by 15 points.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Metro is in the process of mapping all bus stops in the region to try to corral federal and state funds to add more shelters.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Gallen’s only blemish prior to that came on a ball that Luplow couldn’t corral in the third.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2022
  • Suddenly, it was corralled into a net and yanked from the water.
    — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The owners were also on hand, trying to track down and corral the fugitive bovine.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
  • McCarthy became the Whip, whose job was to corral votes for Boehner and Cantor.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
  • That included one in which Mitchell corralled a bouncing ball at the 3-yard line and returned it 26 yards.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
  • After some time, road workers were able to corral the cattle to the right shoulder off the freeway.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Billy has been corralled twice, but has broken free both times.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 22 July 2023
  • Kargman corrals her cast well enough, each actor meeting the film at its heightened tone.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 July 2023
  • While his throw home was on the mark, the Rangers blew the rundown when rookie catcher Sam Huff fired high to Duran, who could not corral the ball.
    — Dallas News, 14 June 2022
  • Keep the firebricks in place by corralling them behind a strip of molding, attached where the hearth extension meets the flooring in the room.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Firefighters arrived to help the man as the good Samaritan had corralled him.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024
  • This has a corralling effect, herding the bottom-dwelling species into the shallows.
    — David Rainer Alabama Department Of Conservation and Natural Resources, al, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Joanne Edgar, who had largely organized the evening, darted through the crowd to corral the speakers.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Tkachuk kept it in, and slid it ahead to Bennett, who reached out to corral it and then extended to poke it between Ullmark’s pads.
    — Jimmy Golen, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Thanks to the help of volunteers — who corral the group to make sure no one is littering or riding perilously — the event is completely free.
    — Zoe Larkin, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024

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