How to Use puppy in a Sentence

puppy

noun

• Our dog just had four puppies.
• Drew said the puppies were in bad shape, and one was on the brink of death.
  — Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
• Then the puppy chewed the wood filler, so some of it is now gray.
  — Washington Post, 10 May 2021
• Brown, the man who had dug a trench, stroked a small puppy.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• Six 8-week old puppies inside the shed died in the fire.
  — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2023
• The store priced each of the bulldog puppies at $4,299 each.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
• The clip ends with the mom dog cuddling with her 11 new puppies.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
• The puppies were too small to climb out of the tote, which was not covered with a lid.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
• And the fact that that puppy was Chris Evans was even funnier.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• The puppy, like me, is on her first outing in search of jaguars.
  — Emiliano Ruprah, Wired, 31 July 2021
• Parsad's new husky puppy, Nina, who was in the car with the teenagers, was found dead in the front seat.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2023
• The first half of the game will be played by the kittens of each squad, and the second half will be played by the puppies.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2024
• The stern glare that made their puppy have accidents in the house.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
• Pigs down on the kill floor have come up and nuzzled me like a puppy.
  — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2021
• And our one-year-old puppy has never spent a full day in the crate.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 May 2021
• The puppies are split into two teams: Team Fluff and Team Ruff.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2024
• The handling is pure BMW, which is to say more fun than Labrador puppies.
  — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 28 Apr. 2023
• Our friend who trains dogs told us to take our puppy to places like Lowe’s, etc.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Jan. 2022
• This was the first reunion for the dogs since they were taken home as puppies.
  — Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Yeah, that there’s a guy in a puppy suit walking around set.
  — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
• The working-class kid followed the rich girl around like a puppy.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
• But nobody else was around, and puppies were stuck in there.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
• The friend confirmed that the puppy was not a victim of a dog attack.
  — al, 19 May 2021
• Dogs have short, round faces as puppies but long, snouty faces as adults.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2023
• The noise is awfully close to my Black Lab puppy and me.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2022
• Archie is a medium-sized 30lb puppy that is full of life!
  — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 28 July 2024
• Whether a puppy or an adult rescue, the first thing any dog needs to learn is its name.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 10 June 2022
• The puppy appeared to be a pit bull that was mostly brown.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2025
• Kate and William, both 43, confirmed the arrival of the puppies with a photo released on June 21 to celebrate the Prince of Wales' birthday.
  — Stephanie Petit, People.com, 25 June 2025
• Three weeks before Saint’s death, Gutierrez recalls picking the 9-month-old puppy up from the Baldwin Park shelter.
  — Sean Emery, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025