sheepdog

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Recent Examples of sheepdog Jango, a six-and-a-half-year-old mix of bluetick coonhound, treeing walker coonhound, cattle dog, and Shetland sheepdog, was adopted from a shelter in southern Indiana just before the pandemic hit. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025 As long as the newly estranged parents put on a good face, the children—and their adorable sheepdog Panda (who won the prestigious Palme Dog award at Cannes)—seem to take the split in stride. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025 In this context the sheepdog is an intelligent, non-human actor helping the human to solve a complex problem – which is what AI does. Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 Fisherman Aesthetic: Old English Sheepdog Described as gentle giants, Old English sheepdogs are both cuddly family members and hard-working farm dogs. Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sheepdog
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Noun
  • The wolfhound, whose name was Aggie, had tremendous grace and several contusions.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In the book on which the show is based, Winn-Dixie is an Irish wolfhound, so Berloni duly adopted and trained two wolfhounds.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 3 July 2019
Noun
  • Osaka suddenly has the buzz of the big game hunter who won four Grand Slams out of four.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Todd Williams voices the beloved vampire hunter, though the character maintains the likeness of Ali.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The venue regularly hosts breed-specific puppy meetups, creating fun opportunities for canine mixers.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Your friend’s dog is probably just as bored as yours, so set up a puppy playdate to tucker them out.
    Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both the vet and the pup's owner were off as the August 29 TikTok video shows how Bolillo looked as a puppy versus now.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The vet deemed that the pup could be safely released back into the wild the following day, per WSAZ 3.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Possessing second-generation wolf dogs, defined in California as the offspring of a domestic dog and a half-wolf, half-dog hybrid — with no more than 25% wolf — is legal.
    Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico named the six wolf dogs after characters created by fantasy author Sarah J. Maas Six wolfdogs are spending their holiday season enjoying a winter wonderland after being kept as pets.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • Written for active sportsmen who love to read, each issue is a big, thick volume packed with stories on all the things sportsmen love: guns, knives, adventures, art, gundogs, collectibles, along with biographies of legendary writers, craftsmen, artists and more.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Willie Forde, the manager of Adare Country Pursuits, showed off an award-worthy gundog demonstration with his adorable Irish labradors, Midnight and Shadow.
    Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
Noun
  • Counteracting that are the touching scenes where the trio bond with and care for sled dogs (rambunctious Billy is my favorite) at the school.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Thirty years ago, there were 30,000 sled dogs in Greenland.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Jango, a six-and-a-half-year-old mix of bluetick coonhound, treeing walker coonhound, cattle dog, and Shetland sheepdog, was adopted from a shelter in southern Indiana just before the pandemic hit.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
  • But the veterinarian suggested that Ms. Booth drive Lily, a redbone coonhound, to the office and take the virtual appointment in the parking lot.
    Emily Anthes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023

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“Sheepdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheepdog. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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