DOG in a Sentence
Learn DOG from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for DOG, such as:
1. A good dog deserves a good bone.
2. Every dog is valiant at his own door.
3. Every dog is valiant at his won door.
4. Beware of a silent dog and still water.
5. The dog led the blind man across the road.
2. Every dog is valiant at his own door.
3. Every dog is valiant at his won door.
4. Beware of a silent dog and still water.
5. The dog led the blind man across the road.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DOG
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dog
n. metal supports for logs in a fireplace
v. go after with the intent to catch
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Not a livin soul, sir, nor as much as a dog.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2 I went downstairs and carried the dog upstair in my arms.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3 The dog continued to lie stretched upon tho cushion, breathing in a laboured way, but apparently neither the better nor the worse for its draught.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
4 There was the dead dog, however, to prove that his conjecture had been correct.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
5 I would dog them and follow them until I saw my opportunity.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
6 Lastly, supposing one man wished to dog another through London, what better means could he adopt than to turn cabdriver.
7 Napoleon then led them back to the store-shed and served out a double ration of corn to everybody, with two biscuits for each dog.
8 There was need of paraffin oil, nails, string, dog biscuits, and iron for the horses' shoes, none of which could be produced on the farm.
9 Boxer saw them coming and put out his great hoof, caught a dog in mid-air, and pinned him to the ground.
10 The dog shrieked for mercy and the other two fled with their tails between their legs.
11 Boxer looked at Napoleon to know whether he should crush the dog to death or let it go.
12 Napoleon appeared to change countenance, and sharply ordered Boxer to let the dog go, whereat Boxer lifted his hoof, and the dog slunk away, bruised and howling.
13 He had read his paper; he was drowsy; and so sank down into the chintz-covered chair with the dog at his feet--the Afghan hound.
14 His nose on his paws, his haunches drawn up, he looked a stone dog, a crusader's dog, guarding even in the realms of death the sleep of his master.
15 A hen strayed in; a file of cows passed the door; then a sheep dog; then the cowman, Bond, who stopped.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Beware of a silent dog and still water.
2 A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.
3 A good dog deserves a good bone.
4 A dog darted across the road in front of me.
5 The dog led the blind man across the road.
6 If you add the plural inflection '-s' to 'dog' you get 'dogs'.
7 The owner's name and address is stored on a microchip and implanted in the dog's body.
8 The fate of the African wild dog hangs in the balance.
9 One barking dog sets all street a-barking.
10 The tan-coloured dog looks suspiciously like an American pit bull terrier.
11 She's got a horrible little dog that yaps around your ankles.
12 Every dog is valiant at his won door.
13 Every dog is valiant at his own door.
14 The cat hogged himself to attack a big dog.
15 A child is recovering in hospital after a serious attack by a stray dog.