basset
Example Sentences
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Judge Tamas Jakkel's choice for reserve dog was a petit basset griffon vendeen called Meghan, from Croatia, who earlier won the Hound group.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
He once described himself as “a basset hound with a 25-watt personality.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
It could be the day for the petit basset griffon Vendéen named for Buddy Holly.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023
They’re wild, swimming rodents the size of basset hounds with an obsession for building dams.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Some days he saw mystery everywhere, in earthworms and holly trees and basset hounds, and the inexplicability of even the simplest life so angered and stupefied him that he almost resented any balancing elucidation.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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