Examples of puppy in a Sentence
Clayton Davis, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Cabral lifted a plastic cover, revealing a mass of wriggling puppies, just a few days old.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Videos show other puppies in training, including a bloodhound named Coffee and an explosives detection dog named Dumpling.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
Groot, a 3-month-old puppy previously featured in this series, was recently adopted by a loving family, according to MADACC.
—Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
Like Selina Kyle being nibbled into Catwoman by her alley cats, Doug’s origin story involves a nurturing puppy pile and a preternatural ability to communicate with the army of mutts who, hilariously, do his bidding like henchmen in a gangster movie.
—Jen Yamato, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
Investigators served a search warrant on the Goble home Friday, March 22, after someone reported the resident was freezing litters of puppies as snake food, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2024
Her child Ace stands next to Kat, holding one of the family dogs, while daughter Kat stands behind her siblings, holding a second puppy.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Additionally, a firefighter was able to rescue a puppy that had been hiding in a corner of the building.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Puppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppy. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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