How to Use mutt in a Sentence

mutt

noun

• The mutts tore their throats with barks, but kept their distance from her.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2018
• So is a mutt named Killer, who plays a key role in the story.
  — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2017
• Not that hard to leave the little mutts at home for the grocery store trip.
  — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
• Chloe tried to see if Sandy, a mutt, could swim on her own, but the small dog couldn't.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2022
• One of them was Blue, an 11-month-old mutt with white socks and pointy ears.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• Not content with just scaring me off, the mutts seem intent on killing me.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2018
• That rescue mutt had been known for years as Everest, but enough of that.
  — Jim Cramer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
• Her dog, a five-year-old mutt named Gracie, greeted me at the door.
  — Evan Malmgren, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2024
• Plus keeping your mutt leashed and close protects them from coyotes that may be in the area.
  — Siena Giljum, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021
• There were mutts and rescues, old dogs and young, and to a dog (and cat), their owners loved them.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 18 Oct. 2017
• The forester’s dog s— three dirty brown mutts — exploded with barking.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2018
• For starters, there are the cost savings of getting one of these not-so-in-demand mutts.
  — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
• The excitable mutt then turned on the style by evading those that tried to spoil its fun with great agility and pace.
  — SI.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• Jim Higgins' three-year-old mutt Murray joined the pack walks about two years ago.
  — Sydney Page, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• These purists who call the pusley a weed are the same folks who would call my elegant Harley a mutt.
  — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2020
• Two lively mutts guard the noodle factory on the other side of the fence.
  — Anne F. Thurston, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2016
• Kygo the dog is 7 years old and a mutt — a mix of husky, malamute, poodle and collie.
  — Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
• The largest of these is JoJo, a scrapper mutt of about 60 pounds.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2022
• Don’t miss Pooches on Parade, when mutts and their owners will be dressed in red, white and blue.
  — April Orcutt, latimes.com, 17 June 2018
• Nachminovitch walks on to find the third dog, Shortie, a little black and brown mutt.
  — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
• The sergeant quickly found its master who collected the wet and relieved mutt in his arms from the side of the boat.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 12 May 2018
• This month’s slideshow of pets is devoted to the mutt — that stalwart, loving dog that knows not of pedigrees.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 12 July 2019
• Clifford looks the answer to his prayers, but that of course means finding some way to separate the girl from the mutt.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
• Two dogs came into the living room to inspect the uproar, mutts from the reservation.
  — Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
• As for Finnick’s death at the hands of lizard mutts during the rebellion, Claflin still has some thoughts.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
• The dog park is a whirlwind of scampering mutts, and the playground is abuzz with kids swinging from monkey bars.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2015
• So the Schotts used the Petfinder adoption website to track down a mutt in need of rescue.
  — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2022
• What the end of this Kings series affirmed is that the Oilers have a pound’s worth of mutts ready to step up.
  — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 2 May 2025
• While Picard seems to be looking to his field, his mutt gazes upward, seeming to long to go for a walk — to the stars!
  — James Hibberd, EW.com, 10 July 2019
• So Bull does what any sensible, testicle-loving mutt would do.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025