Used in a Sentence

mules

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mules.

Editorial note

Thus mules were considered more valuable to the mine than the men who did the dangerous work.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of mules gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mules.

verb

(transitive) To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.

Example sentences

1

Thus mules were considered more valuable to the mine than the men who did the dangerous work.

2

One day you're underway making way in the Pacific, the next day you've got mules pulling you through locks.

3

Since password-enabled transfers can always be repudiated this explains the importance of mules, who accept bad transfers and initiate good ones.

4

Banks too, to detect mules and other suspicious activity (repeated transactions of $999 to a different account are suspicious already imo).

5

Here's one of the masters, Gov't Mules Warren Haynes showing off the kind of sounds I'm talking about.

6

The insidious thing about click fraud is that consumers are the mules who do the work but generally are only indirectly harmed.

7

Machines (or for the matter, mules/oxen) are better suited for this than humans.

8

Well, considering that drug cartels capture immigrants for use as mules and drug cultivation without pay and they execute them at the end.

9

The guards and guns and drug mules are a sound investment for A.

10

Limiting case: swallow a condom full of plastic explosives and shit it out in the restroom, the same way drug mules carry cocaine or heroin.

11

By making it highly illegal, trafficking drugs has never been more profitable (for the drub lords - not for the peddlers nor the mules obviously).

12

I find it more believable that these Apple car rumors are actually test mules for their CarPlay system and future extensions.

Quote examples

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Perhaps this is a slightly more sophisticated version of the "Make $10,000 a month working from home" scheme used to recruit mules for money laundering.

2

Which is to say, if the consumer is willing to pay $X, then any money $N used to pay for guards and guns and drug mules (the "conflict" part) is $N less available for actual chemists and equipment and materials.

3

For example, "workers' mercy", "zerg mode", "emperor mode", "the zeeg problem", "uwsgi mules", "harakiri mode".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mules in a sentence?

Thus mules were considered more valuable to the mine than the men who did the dangerous work.

What does mules mean?

(transitive) To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.

What part of speech is mules?

mules is commonly used as verb.