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How to use manger in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Manger means a trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from. Example: “Let’s go straight to the subject of mangers where girls can give birth in secret.””

More sentences with manger

  • Let’s go straight to the subject of mangers where girls can give birth in secret.”2007, Paul F. F. Hood with Carra Leah Hood, chapter 15, in Tomorrow, Soldier, part 3 (Himmler’s Gas Station), Bloomington, Ind.; Central…. From the entry dribble
  • The baby Jesus would be placed in the manger at midnight Mass.2007, Clyde A. Bonar, Amen, I Say to You, page 666. From the entry crèche
  • “Are these mangers also called ‘Labor Camps’?2007, Paul F. F. Hood with Carra Leah Hood, chapter 15, in Tomorrow, Soldier, part 3 (Himmler’s Gas Station), Bloomington, Ind.; Central…. From the entry dribble
  • Nobody's counting whether potential Jesi were born in mangers.2000 August 13, Paul Filseth, “Re: did Nazareth exist?”, in alt.atheism.moderated (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry Jesi
  • The few presents they receive will be placed around that manger as a constant reminder of the greatest gift ever given—the reason we celebrate.1997 December 23, John R. Norwood Jr., “Spiritual values: Celebrate Christmas, not Claus-mas”, in The Times, Trenton, N.J., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Claus-mas
  • My centuria slept in one of the stables, under the stone mangers where the names of the cavalry chargers were still inscribed.1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC. From the entry charger
  • The volumes were mostly shabby and bruised; they had evidently been picked up one by one in the humble mangers of the second-hand vendor.1919, Christopher Morley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC. From the entry browse
  • They are, in fact, equivalent to the infinitive which some languages substantify directly (das Rennen, das Sprechen, le manger, le boire, le dormir).1913, Arnold Ruge, Wilhelm Windelband, Josiah Royce, Logic - Volume 1, page 194. From the entry substantify
  • Who has the right to celebrate, to adore God for his sake, to muse around a manger, to light the candles and give the gifts and sing the songs?1961 December 20, The Christian Century, Chicago, page 1515, column 2. From the entry bah humbug
  • These little mangers, with baby dolls representing Jesus, porcelean Josephs and Marys, wide-eyed cows of papier-mâché, and excelsior for straw, were purchased by pious parents for well-behaved children at Christmas-tide.1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon, published 2001, page 91. From the entry excelsior

Meaning of manger

  1. noun A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.
  2. noun A section of a bow of a ship partitioned from the hawsehole to keep water out.

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Questions about manger in a sentence

How do you use manger in a sentence?
Manger is used as a noun. For example: “Let’s go straight to the subject of mangers where girls can give birth in secret.””
What is a short sentence with manger?
““Are these mangers also called ‘Labor Camps’?”
What does manger mean?
Manger means a trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.

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