bird-dog

Example Sentences

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On Saturday as she was discharged, she took to the lawn outside the hospital with the determination of a bird dog, nose to the ground and pulling on her leash.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2024

Salazar, whose office's organized crime investigators are looking into the issue, said a recruiter was paid a "bird dog fee" to recruit people to board a plane.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2022

“I wish I got as excited about anything as much as a bird dog going after a pheasant,” he once told reporters.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2017

But in a state with an official — deep breath — tree, bird, dog, animal, insect, amphibian, butterfly, saltwater fish, freshwater fish, rock, mineral, gem and, yes, tartan, some say the legislators have a point.

From US News • Mar. 30, 2015

You couldn’t have rousted Ajax, Father’s prize bird dog, with a shotgun let off a foot in front of his muzzle.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly