housebroken
Example Sentences
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One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2021
By that, I mean nice, smart, accomplished, shares some interests, is housebroken in most of the right ways?
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2019
Brazelton told the Times that the idea that a child should be housebroken like a puppy was “very logical – for a puppy.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2018
The sisters don’t agree on much but they both detest Vicky, a smelly beast too stupid to be housebroken and forever fouling the house and bumping into things she shouldn’t.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2014
They were not housebroken, but for some reason Mrs. Gale thought she was doing me a favor when she dropped one in my lap for me to play with.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
