How to Use yak in a Sentence

yak

noun
  • That’s the hair suit, where the yak hair is tied.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The yak, crew, and equipment had to be moved.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Made from the milk of yaks, these chews are high in protein and low in fat.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • Westman said there were two yak costumes.
    — Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Just to be clear, this battery would weigh as much as a female yak.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Dipak would pull me to safety when a yak tried to nudge me off a cliff.
    — Michael Clinton, Men's Health, 14 June 2023
  • The Free Press kept the one with the real yak fur.
    — Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The process of making the yak chews results in a product that is low in fat and calories.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2023
  • Parents want their children to be more than Himalayan yak herders.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2022
  • It’s also sold on the streets as a snack, with tiny cuts of the cheese strung onto yak-hair necklaces.
    — Popular Science, 4 June 2020
  • People can decide for themselves and yak about it all winter.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Traffic jams of ornery yaks and deliriously tired hikers force us to adopt a stop-start pace.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Most of the actors are local yak herders who have never seen the world beyond their village.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Its hair is sourced from a yak -- the only statue in the museum that can boast that feature.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 27 Aug. 2020
  • So where do Oru’s origami ‘yaks have a leg up on inflatable options?
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • The crew began the journey, dodging yaks and mules at 9,337 feet.
    — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Indeed, speaking of stress and similar challenges can be like wearing a yak on your back.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 29 May 2021
  • The yak butter and rock shelters and people who sheltered her were intertwined with her.
    — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The elephants are escorted by handlers who fan them with peacock feathers and yak-hair whisks.
    — ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • The dairy used could come from a yak, a buffalo or a goat, but most often South Asians use cows’ milk.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • His classroom – which, yes, houses a yak – is initially without a blackboard and chalk.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The on-site boutique is a (pricey) treasure trove of gorgeous silk and yak wool shirts, scarves, and home goods woven by Norhla.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Down the beach Madam LeFleur stood on the porch of her boardinghouse beating slugs off a yak wool rug.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The video shows the robotic yak being put through its paces across a desert with a person controlling it by remote control.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2022
  • That year, a runner had fallen and broken his jaw, and another runner had gotten in the way of a yak and went off a cliff.
    — Michael Clinton, Men's Health, 14 June 2023
  • An elite Mongol woman buried with a birch-bark hat and silk robes depicting a golden dragon was found to have drunk yak milk.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
  • Here, nomadic families still move across the plains with their herds of yak and sheep, and concrete-and-steel settlements are few and far in between.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
  • While the majority of yaks are domesticated, wild yaks still exist in small groups.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Rhododendrons blaze along the trail to Jhinu Danda’s hot springs, and the air carries the scent of pine, yak butter, and woodsmoke.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Dreadlocked yaks were dotted around the foreground and the odd cluster of nomad tents swept by colorful prayer flags fluttering in the wind.
    — The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025

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