1
: a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock
herded the cattle into the corral
2
: an enclosure made with wagons for defense of an encampment
corralled; corralling
1
: to enclose in a corral (see corral entry 1 sense 1)
corralled the horses
2
: to arrange (wagons) so as to form a corral (see corral entry 1 sense 2)
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Examples of corral in a Sentence
Noun
the horses live in our corral, along with a cow
Verb
corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO
corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
In one of many hidden rooms inside the labyrinth of Life and Trust, the floor turned into the soft earth of a corral, the walls were painted with a view of red-rock mesas, and a performer in a cowboy getup was circling another man who happened to be wearing a horse mask.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Sarah E. Yerkes, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
The Harris campaign has corralled a central team of lawyers to handle its post-election legal efforts, telling ABC the Biden and Harris campaigns have been strategizing on their post-election litigation strategy since Biden announced his reelection in 2023.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Return it to the parking lot corral or the store itself, if that’s closer.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
In one of many hidden rooms inside the labyrinth of Life and Trust, the floor turned into the soft earth of a corral, the walls were painted with a view of red-rock mesas, and a performer in a cowboy getup was circling another man who happened to be wearing a horse mask.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Verb
In September 2023, in a particularly brazen move, the government corralled 51 people from across the political spectrum to stand trial in a single case.
—Sarah E. Yerkes, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
The Harris campaign has corralled a central team of lawyers to handle its post-election legal efforts, telling ABC the Biden and Harris campaigns have been strategizing on their post-election litigation strategy since Biden announced his reelection in 2023.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Corral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corral. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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corral
1 of 2 noun
cor·ral
kə-ˈral 
1
: a pen for keeping or capturing livestock
2
: an enclosure made with wagons for defense of a camp
corral
2 of 2 verb
corralled; corralling
1
: to keep in or as if in a corral
2
3
: to arrange wagons so as to form a corral
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