How to Use greyhound in a Sentence
greyhound
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My bull x greyhound would just follow the sun around the room all day.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Walking a greyhound for the first time is like walking a deer.
—The Indianapolis Star, 21 Dec. 2022
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This isn't the first time a greyhound rescue has melted hearts.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
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Like greyhounds and whippets, sloughis were bred to chase prey over long distances.
—Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 6 Jan. 2016
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At the time the amendment passed, there were 11 greyhound tracks around the state.
—Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2019
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Breeds in the hound group include bloodhounds, dachshunds, and greyhounds.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
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For a moment, the plane quivered around them like a greyhound straining on a leash.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Mac was a racing greyhound until last year, and he wasn’t treated very well.
—Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, 12 Dec. 2019
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Might the dog on Sunday night's episode be the same greyhound from the story?
—refinery29.com, 4 June 2018
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Lexus the greyhound’s case was a turning point for Rosenthal.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022
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Lexus the greyhound's case was a turning point for Rosenthal.
—Hope Corrigan | The New York Times, The Week, 31 Aug. 2022
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But that didn’t stop her from signing up for a lecture this fall about training greyhounds.
—Kelley Bruss, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
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Lightning, in other words, was built like a greyhound, not a house cleaner.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
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Greyhounds At first, when thinking of greyhounds, many might think of speed.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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Happy tail syndrome tends to show up in dogs with long, slender, short-haired tails, such as greyhounds.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
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The greyhound, which can reach speeds of 43 miles per hour, is the fastest domestic dog breed.
—Liz Langley, Animals, 11 Dec. 2020
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Racing greyhounds and motorbikes around the edge of the pitch would no longer suffice.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, people with long-nose breeds like greyhounds said the collar was too short, and their pet’s nose stuck out.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
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Three of the 13 tracks that year made a profit from wagering on greyhounds.
—April Simpson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019
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On the agenda was a bill designed to force the Funks to sell a number of their greyhound tracks.
—AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2019
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Theil said the bill wasn't about attacking the casino, but was about greyhound racing as a whole.
—Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, 20 Mar. 2026
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The same can be said for sighthounds, like Whippets, greyhounds, or other dogs without much body fat.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
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Both bills would phase out closed colonies that house hundreds of dogs, mostly greyhounds, for the sole purpose of draining their blood.
—NBC News, 22 Feb. 2020
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When Poppy was adopted, the greyhound was nervous and spent her evenings crying.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
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Prior to purchasing the ranch, the greyhounds were suitable because of their size.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2023
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Whippet Don't be fooled by thinking this smaller version of a greyhound is all about running.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
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In the lead role was Akshay Kumar, an aging action star with a face as lean as a greyhound’s.
—Samanth Subramanian, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
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The average greyhound stands about 27 inches and weighs about 70 pounds.
—Arkansas Online, 23 May 2022
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In the heyday of the Chip Kelly years, Oregon was sleek and fast, a team of greyhounds.
—oregonlive, 12 Oct. 2019
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The state has two active greyhound racing tracks, in Charleston and Wheeling.
—April Simpson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019
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