How to Use brindle in a Sentence

brindle

noun
  • He's got a brindle coat with two front white paws — an ankle sock and a knee sock.
    Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The dogs were a tan male mix-breed and a dark brindle and white female mixed breed.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • It was described as a brindle pit bull mix, around 6 to 9 months old.
    Fox News, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Then Celes, 4, a brindle mix of brown, black and white, joins in from the sofa.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The juvenile was white with brownish brindle patches around each eye and found in a garbage bag.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
  • These dogs come in a variety of coat colors like brindle, spotted black and white, brown, and so many in between.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Feb. 2026
  • An animal control officer picked up the 5-month-old brindle male chow.
    Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The pups are described as pug Boston terrier mixes with brindle coats.
    Fox19 Digital Staff, The Enquirer, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But nearly two weeks later, Stella — described as a small blue brindle pup — remains missing.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Slinky top in bark print liquid jersey, robe coat in brindle shearling, zip jeans in acid wash tobacco denim, blanket in brindle mohair wool.
    Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Five dogs, including a brindle Chihuahua mix found dead in a shower stall, were infected with parvovirus when deputies found them.
    Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The 11-year-old brindle boxer trotted out of the winery, bottles tucked into each pocket of his harness-like vest.
    Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Today, the only people in the lobby are a group of women with a brindle dachshund who are comparing enneagrams.
    Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • My greatest relief was that Jack, the brindle bulldog with a terrific bark, survived the transfer intact.
    Jean Zimmerman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Risky Biscuit is an adorable little 2-year-old, 11-pound Chihuahua with the most gorgeous light brindle coat.
    The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2022
  • Gus is 3 years old, weighs about 60 pounds, is white- and brindle-colored, is neutered and was last seen wearing a royal blue invisible fence collar.
    Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2018
  • According to a police report, the criminal charges stemmed from the death of Jack, his 50-pound, 8-month-old white and brown brindle dog.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Pomeranians can also be black, cream, blue, brown, black and white, brindle, merle, black and tan, and tricolor, to name just a few of the many colors and patterns that make up their palette.
    Kim Campbell Thornton Andrews McMeel, Star Tribune, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Among those transferred out was Flora, a 10-year-old brindle shepherd who the organization said came in emaciated and missing her left front leg.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026
  • Meet Lana, 3, a gorgeous, healthy 50 pound brindle adorabull adoptabull dog who has waited almost three months for her forever family to find her.
    Peggy Calhoun, idahostatesman, 8 July 2018
  • The newest addition is the daughter of Luna Muna, a black brindle French bulldog that Martha welcomed into her home in 2024.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Stewart met Dipper, a brindle pit bull mix, about 12 years ago when the puppy was brought to the shelter to be treated and rehabilitated after being hit by a car and losing his leg in Brooklyn, Lacey said.
    Cathy Free, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • At the time that Slinky, a three-month-old brindle mix, was taken in by the Kansas Humane Society, Amora, a maned wolf, was born at the Sedgwick County Zoo.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Zara, along with her husband, Mike Tindall, and their children Mia Grace, Lena Elizabeth and Lucas Philip, also have two black labradors (a mother-daughter pair) and a brindle boxer.
    Helen Murphy, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • What the Comments Say The original Facebook post about Winnie left viewers hopeful for a happy ending, calling her beautiful and sweet, especially loving her brindle coloring, while her adoption update brought tears to people's eyes.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • On a brisk October afternoon, Ruin — a 15-month-old Dutch Shepherd mix puppy with a dark brindle coat and one floppy ear — takes a break from an obstacle course and perches on a red wooden box inside a barn in Livingston, Montana.
    Megan Sauer tasia Jensen, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026

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