How to Use reindeer in a Sentence

reindeer

noun
  • Or maybe the reindeer just know the way.
    — Scott Brame, The Conversation, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Use twigs to make a snowflake, or a pinecone to make a reindeer.
    — Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 14 Dec. 2025
  • But, but, but — there wasn’t four feet of snow in my reindeer pen.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Moose are wild in the area, but the reindeer all have owners.
    — Erinne Magee, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2021
  • There was a miniature sleigh in the snow, and eight tiny reindeer.
    — Erin Overbey, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Tonight, there’s a group meeting in the reindeer barn.
    — Lauren Ashley Bishop, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Even reindeer yoga is old news.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The swimming place for the reindeer.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • Inside were stuffed reindeer toys and a pair of real antler tines.
    — Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Guests are given sleeping bags and reindeer skins to sleep on.
    — Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Santa Claus and his reindeer will ride along on an open-air flat car.
    — Mary Wisniewski, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Only the fastest reindeer get to compete in this race.
    — ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Who doesn’t want to see a bunch of adorable baby reindeer learning to walk?
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Santa and his reindeer are ready to make their journey around the world tonight.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The base for the beds is ice covered with a reindeer skin topped with a sleeping bag.
    — Tom Sietsema, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2020
  • There will also be live reindeer and pony rides, as well as a choir and a raffle.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The reindeer team, the elf team — everyone will be there.
    — Lauren Ashley Bishop, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
  • No, not reindeer, but a group of sheep crossing the valley in line with our camp.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The addition looked like a cross between a reindeer and a cow with a green nose.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The famous reindeer returned to her farm in Huntsville to live out her life.
    — Kelly Kazek | [email protected], al, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Something seems to be going wrong with the reindeer, the toy-makers, and the nice list!
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 4 Dec. 2020
  • If reindeer are grazing under the trees, the soil still traps carbon — even when there’s no snow.
    — Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Feed Britain’s only free-ranging herd of reindeer.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2026
  • This one-time, direct-to-home video movie stars a calf who wants to be one of Santa's reindeer.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Instead, the Sami sing folk songs around a roaring fire and race reindeer in the snow.
    — Avedis Hadjian, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024
  • Here, just a reindeer skip and a hop from the North Pole, the students were abuzz with good cheer.
    — Mark Thiessen, ajc, 9 Dec. 2022
  • In fact, the reindeer herders turn out to be quite courtly to the fair-haired Norwegian.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The 1964 movie—as many already know—is about a reindeer who gets teased for his shiny red nose.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 8 Dec. 2018
  • Its characters are a small band of migrating reindeer herders.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • And to the Santas who fly through night skies, and children’s hearts, without any reindeer at all.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025

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