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How to use hare in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb, adjective

Hare means any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears. Example: “The hunter unslung his rifle and took a bead on the hare.”

Examples of hare by meaning

nounAny of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.

  • The hare has a reputation for exciting desire.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 111

nounThe meat from this animal.

  • Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue.1958, Andre Norton, The Time Traders, Cleveland, Oh.; New York, N.Y.: The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 79
  • Hare is another delicious meat – it’s more ‘steaky’, darker and richer than rabbit.2007, Jamie Oliver, Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 273
  • In Milan, jugged hare is flavoured with grated chocolate, which adds colour and depth to the sauce.2013, Anna Del Conte, Gastronomy of Italy, London: Pavilion, →ISBN, page 109

verbTo move swiftly.

  • But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC
  • By the time he recovers, Kim is out of sight, haring away down the left corridor, just echoing, fading footsteps on concrete.2015–2021, qntm, “Introductory Antimemetics”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 21

adjectiveGrey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).

  • a hare old man

adjectiveCold, frosty (of weather).

  • a hare day

More sentences with hare

  • The hunter unslung his rifle and took a bead on the hare.From the entry unsling
  • The attack on a sea hare by a spiny lobster causes release of the whitish opaline, followed the co-release of both opaline and ink.From the entry opaline
  • The hispid hare inhabits forested areas.From the entry hispid
  • Julianna needs to be careful if she keeps holding with the hare and running with the hounds; she might wind up making enemies of both labor and management.From the entry hold with the hare and run with the hounds
  • "Maybe it wasn't the Seeing Hare at all, maybe it was a person in hare form.2015 June 9, Lev Grossman, The Magicians Trilogy Books 1-3: The Magicians; The Magician King; The Magicians Land, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry werehare
  • Greyhound racing had its origins in whippet racing, which was derived in turn from hare coursing.2009, Mark Clapson, The Routledge Companion to Britain in the Twentieth Century, page 332. From the entry flapping
  • As their numbers peak, the hares begin to overbrowse aspen and other plants.1995, David B Rockwell, Glacier National Park: a natural history guide. From the entry overbrowse
  • Isn't it just like that in your average husk of hares.1994, Hornig, Dana, Seize the Day: For People Over 49, Stamford, Connecticut: Cove Press, page 304. From the entry husk
  • The magic hare, of course, didn’t have to bother with all this.1993, Lynne Reid Banks, “The Hare and the Vampire”, in The Magic Hare, New York, N.Y.: Morrow Junior Books, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt
  • Blue hares, deer, wild geese, herons and duck can be discreetly observed from the hides.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 382, about Tighnabruaich. From the entry hide
  • Before anyone could challenge him on this, Czuikov from the Electronics Lab started a fresh hare.1955, Arthur C. Clarke, Earthlight, page 84. From the entry start a fresh hare
  • Hares have larger, leaner bodies, longer legs, and longer ears than the true rabbit.1931, Home Geographic Monthly, volumes 1-2, page 45. From the entry lope
  • A few spots of Renardine dropped in a smeuse or gateway will prevent hares passing through.1927, Nicholas Everitt, Ernest Ivens Watson, Shots from a lawyer's gun, page 311. From the entry smeuse
  • To this class belong the omens drawn from chance meetings with a hare, an eagle, etc.1920, Lewis Spence, An Encyclopædia of Occultism. From the entry apantomancy
  • "An eagle carrying off a hare, a figure flying with a wreath, a trophy of arms?1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry biga
  • Or turn as light as the hare — which one of twain, obtain?"1906, John Heywood, John Stephen Farmer, The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood, page 118. From the entry assish
  • Mountain hares reproduce quickly, with each female having three litters of two or three pups between February and September.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 264. From the entry mountain hare
  • Physical restraint of free-living rabbits and hares should be minimal.2014, Darryl Heard, “Lagomorphs (Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas)”, in Gary [Don] West, Darryl [J.] Heard, Nigel Caulkett, editors, Zoo Animal…. From the entry squeeze box
  • By this means it will be found little, if at all, inferior to a coursed or hunted hare.2013, A. C. Crossley, The Eton College Hunt - A Short History Of Beagling At Eton. From the entry coursed
  • Goldies may hunt seabirds but never fish, and they always resort to flying inland for rabbits or hares as preferred prey.2009, John A. Love, A natural history of St. Kilda. From the entry goldie
  • Swans glide, fox-cubs gambol, eagles soar; time-lapsed trees burst into leaf, slowed-down hares leap and twist like furry ballet-dancers.1999 November 8, Robert Hanks, “Television Review”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry ballet-dancer
  • The image is of a husk of hares surprised by some intruder and scattering in all directions to wooded safety.1998, Lucinda A. Stark Huffaker, Creative Dwelling, Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 156. From the entry husk
  • Hares left their snug ‘forms’ in the cold grass.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 275. From the entry form
  • Thus Housman's uniformed creations move crookedly; they run with the hare and run with the hounds, and their “meaning” is uncertain.1967 March, Robert Brainard Pearsall, “The Vendible Values of Housman's Soldiery”, in PMLA, volume 82, number 1, Modern Language…. From the entry hold with the hare and run with the hounds
  • Rabbits breed in every month of the year, and superfetate, as do hares; after giving birth they pair again at once.1938, Pliny the Elder, translated by H. Rackham, Natural History, Book 10. From the entry superfetate
  • Must we start a fresh hare altogether?"1936, R.A.J. Walling, The Corpse in the Crimson Slippers, page 158. From the entry start a fresh hare
  • I am tender-hearted by nature, and have found my eyes moist many a time over the scream of a wounded hare.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry scream
  • Hare, a former cashier of the Hartford Rubber Works.1911 April 12, “Got Away with $25,000 Worth of Tires, It is Said”, in The Horseless Age: First Automobile Journal in the English Language…. From the entry haul
  • The boy hunters had arrived at the wood grove, far off from the wary drove of hares, who resumed foraging cautiously, as before.2026, T.D. Motley, Planting and Painting the Landscape: A Sequel to The Art of Farming, Stoney Creek Publishing Group. From the entry drove
  • I even remember one time having my fortune told at a hare course by an old duckerer, as the Gypsies call their crystal-gazers.2015, Bob and Brian Tovey, The Last English Poachers. From the entry duckerer
  • And he did, every day — rabbits, hares; he once leapt hugely after a pheasant we put up, and got it too.2007, Frances Mary Hendry, Wee Malkie. From the entry wahey
  • Open early this year, so all you hares and haresses can hippity-hop (for a quick little pop) down to Scotty’s anytime after that hour.1975 March 21, Ted Shaker, “Where’s a Good Place to Eat? Your Guide to Peninsula Food, Fun and Entertainment”, in Palo Alto Times, 83rd…. From the entry haress

Meaning of hare

  1. noun Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
  2. noun The meat from this animal.
  3. noun The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.

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Questions about hare in a sentence

How do you use hare in a sentence?
Hare is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “The hunter unslung his rifle and took a bead on the hare.”
What is a short sentence with hare?
“a hare day”
What does hare mean?
Hare means any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.

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