Examples of “mare” in a Sentence

noun An adult female horse.

• The mare gave birth to a healthy foal in spring.
• He led the mare gently back into the stable.
• The farmer brushed the mare before saddling her for the long ride.

noun A frustrating, chaotic, or downright terrible experience.

• The journey home in that storm was an absolute mare.
• Trying to find parking at the festival was a complete mare.
• Moving house with three cats and a broken lift was a mare.

noun A large, dark, flat plain on the Moon or another planetary body, resembling a sea from a distance.

• The Sea of Tranquility is one of the most famous lunar maria.
• Through the telescope we could see a dark mare on the Moon's surface.
• Early astronomers thought each mare was a real sea full of water.