basset

Example Sentences

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It’s like telling me you beat your basset hound in tennis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

They got together at a cafe in Istanbul — a dog cafe, to be precise, where they were greeted at the door by a resident basset hound.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Finn, a 4-year-old basset hound dressed as a hot dog, is excited whenever owner Stephanie Hinrichs pulls out his costumes.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023

"Then when Freda died my father himself bought another basset hound, the second Freda, and that was how it all started."

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

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