housebroken

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Recent Examples of housebroken One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room. Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2021 The country’s leading art educator was the mediocre German painter Anton Raphael Mengs, who promulgated a sort of housebroken neoclassicism. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020 Dogs supposedly trained to detect and respond to potentially life-threatening blood sugar levels in people with diabetes were, in reality, often untrained, un-housebroken puppies with hefty pricetags—currently set at $25,000. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 May 2018 Sherman, discarded by the Seahawks, arrives with bad-puppy baggage — old, banged-up, a rep for being not quite housebroken. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housebroken
Adjective
  • As the story goes, Burns, Joe Thornton and Colin White were at an animal sanctuary and Burns’ cashmere sweater caused the typically docile cheetah to bite him in the ribcage.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • In the wild, rapid growth, a docile temperament and fast egg-laying are not traits that would serve chickens well in the slightest.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Since Buzzard's Roost opened in 2023, the staff has experienced unexplained broken glasses, books falling off the shelf and many elevator and electronic glitches.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Wednesday night attack at the apartment in the 2800 block of Corabel Lane began as an argument between the husband and wife over a broken personal computer tablet, officials said.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Housebroken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housebroken. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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