He just unyoked the oxen, an' sat down under a tree, an' died there sitting up. |
He got to work, and some other men came forward and unyoked those of the second waggon, so it was clear that the wagons were to be left as they stood. |
Unyoked from the activity of driving, most people experience what researchers refer to as passive fatigue, a state in which awareness is dulled. |
The train was missed, and the crowd unyoked the horses from the conveyance. |
It was a galling loss: it left me wandering around the house all morning, eating stale crackers and feeling like an unyoked mule before I figured out how to move forward again. |