How to Use foal in a Sentence

foal

noun
  • If the foal doesn't get up right away, the mother nudges them to get on their feet.
    — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 7 June 2017
  • The foal, who wouldn’t be named for a year or more, began struggling to stand.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
  • The first foal to come ashore — a black-and-white male this year — is not sold with the others.
    — The Virginian-Pilot, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Once a foal is born, proper care in the first few hours is essential.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Misty herself was a real pony on the ranch, as was her foal, Stormy.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
  • From foals, mares and stallions, to horses racing on the track.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Newborn horses, called foals, are born with soft tissue on their hooves.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • These foals are up on their feet within two hours of being born and drinking from their moms.
    — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 7 June 2017
  • The ad follows a Clydesdale foal that forms a friendship with a young bird.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Sleepy mares, bellies swollen with foals ready to drop, stand napping on their feet in the early spring sun.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Seven foals were born on the island in 2025.
    — Mark Price june 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
  • Camy, having just lost her own foal, could potentially step in.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Del Mar be used to six days a week but a dwindling national foal crop forced them to go to five.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2019
  • The aim for Bullard's team to is to get about 140 mares a year in foal by Dubawi.
    — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 31 May 2018
  • The foal is one of this year's babies and was just doing what comes naturally.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 24 June 2021
  • Her young foal is tied to her rear leg to trick her into thinking that its mouth, not your hands, is tugging at her teats.
    — Douglas Girardot, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • According to the trust, the foal is expected to live a normal life.
    — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2020
  • The lack of big fields and shrinking foal numbers would tell you this is not a sustainable model.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 14 July 2019
  • Antony Tira, a Maasai guide who first spotted the foal, named him Tira.
    — National Geographic, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The foal will stay close to her mother for six months before joining the rest of the herd in the fall, park officials said.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 4 May 2018
  • Rice pulled and pushed on the foal’s forelegs like a crane operator working her gears until the legs were aimed for the exit.
    — New York Times, 6 May 2022
  • This is also the 10th foal out of this dam, with seven of the nine foals winners on the track, always great to see.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Then the foals are raised in the herd environment because horses teach each other more than people can.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • More than 200 mares — some pregnant, others nursing new foals — bring life to this horsy Brigadoon.
    — Joe Drape, New York Times, 4 May 2023
  • In some cases, weight gain or subtle behavior changes may be the only hints before the foal arrives.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In late May, a zebra named Minnie gave birth to a female foal named Lydia.
    — Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 24 July 2019
  • The foal, who would become Medina Spirit, was all legs and as slippery as a seal.
    — New York Times, 6 May 2022
  • On Thursday, the brown foal with a long patch of white hair on its face splashed in a tub of water and cozied up to visitors.
    — CBS News, 6 May 2018
  • Dallas also has a zebra foal named Sukari, and Fort Worth has a young lesser kudu.
    — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Once foals are weaned—usually between five and six months—they are introduced to new homes through a careful matching process.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025

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