Next morning I found the onager after her night's rest as wild as ever, and as I looked at the handsome creature I almost despaired of ever taming her proud spirit.
Footnote: An onager is a wild ass] Creep back to Falconhurst and bring me a piece of cord-- quietly now!
We then loaded theonager with the acorns, and moved homeward.
We could not help smiling at her eager zeal; but Fritz and Ernest sprang on their steeds, and soon the onager and the buffalo were galloping home again, each laden with a great bundle of flax.
In Persia they breed asses for the saddle, a cross between a tamed onager and a she-ass, and they paint them red, following immemorial tradition.
Our myth of the winged horse, our Pegasus, had its origin doubtless in these countries, where the shepherds could see the onager springing from one rock to another.
Amongst them Fritz espied a few ruffed grouse, and, quick as thought, unhooding his eagle, he started him off in chase, then sprang on his onager and followed at full gallop.
We then loaded the onager with the acorns and moved homewards.
We could not help smiling at her eager zeal; but Fritz and Ernest sprang on their steeds, and soon the onager and buffalo were galloping home again, each laden with a great bundle of flax.
Sclater: "The ghour or kherdecht of the Persians is doubtless the onager of the ancients.
The wild ass and onager roamed in small herds between the Balikh and the Tigris.
The onager of Mesopotamia is a very beautiful animal, with its grey glossy coat, and its lively and rapid action.
Among them Fritz espied a few ruffed grouse, and, quick as thought, unhooding his eagle, he started him off in chase, then sprung on his onager and followed at full gallop.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "onager" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: animal; antelope; armadillo; bat; elephant; hare; horse; kangaroo; mammal; opossum; pig; rat
