Word.ws English Dictionary

How to use doe in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Doe means a female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used). Example: “The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.”

Examples of doe by meaning

nounA female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).

  • The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.2024 July 23, Lilit Marcus, “Japan may be sick of mass tourism. But the deer in this ancient UNESCO-listed city love it”, in CNN

More sentences with doe

  • We used chamber-pots a good deal – ‘jerries’ – cause of much hilarity doe to the hostilities.1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 3. From the entry jerry
  • Doe raises the necessary money for its residents' wages; the city provides the money for "three hots and a cot".2015 September 25, Sam Thielman, “New York City owes homeless aid organization $2.5m in unpaid funds”, in The Guardian, archived from the…. From the entry three hots and a cot
  • No, I'm sorry, I don't love you I love Alisha and you shouldn't keep making doe eyes at me either.2012, Mike Ginns, Jared's Song, page 84. From the entry doe eyes
  • Youve been on the ran dan you couple of wee tinkers and your mother's up to high doe.1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage, published 2015, page 27. From the entry high doh
  • She saw a stag following a doe.1987, Peter Pabisch, “H. C. Artmann”, in Donald G[eorge] Daviau, editor, Major Figures of Contemporary Austrian Literature, New York…. From the entry haress
  • Here is the Bishops’ Bible, 43 years older: But when yee pray, babble not much, as the heathen doe.1977 April 17, Martin E[mil] Marty, “[Bad Blood Over the Good News Bible] Praye Bable Not Over This Text”, in Los Angeles Times, volume…. From the entry strangelier
  • What doe we mean by saying that existence precedes essence?1956 September, Jean-Paul Sartre, “Sartre: Existentialism [4. Existentialism is a Humanism]”, in Walter Kaufmann, transl., Existentialism…. From the entry existentialism
  • Her panic at the sound of her own voice alone, was that of a doe parted from the herd.1913, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine: Volume 92. From the entry miscatch
  • O master heare you, you have made a fresh hand now, I thought you would bethrow you: what will you doe now?2014, Paul A. Scanlon, Adrian Roscoe, The Common Touch: Popular Literature from the Elizabethans to the Restoration, →ISBN. From the entry bethrow
  • DOE regs allow customers to underpull one month and make up for it the next year, so long as it all events out within the year.1980, U.S. Oil Week, page 4. From the entry underpull
  • Table 5 lists 14 does with 1 or both antlers and 4 does and 1 doe fawn with incipient antler pedicels like those on male fawns.1963, Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, page 87. From the entry pedicel
  • Doe & Co., of San Francisco, may become a total wreck as a result of going ashore on the beach just south of Coquille bar on February 25.1905 March 1, “Pacific Coast Marine”, in Coast Seamen's Journal, volume 18, number 23, page 5. From the entry threemasted

Meaning of doe

  1. noun A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
  2. noun A female fallow deer.
  3. noun A female rabbit or hare.

Full definition of doe

Questions about doe in a sentence

How do you use doe in a sentence?
Doe is used as a noun. For example: “The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.”
What is a short sentence with doe?
“She saw a stag following a doe.”
What does doe mean?
Doe means a female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: doe (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “How to use doe in a sentence.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sentences/doe. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.