bird-dog

Example Sentences

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“If you know a minuscule amount about a bird dog, you don’t take a 14 month old out with trained adult dogs and expect them to perform. That’s not how it works.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 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

His only kindness was for Snout, his bird dog, who slept in his bed and got her stomach scratched anytime she rolled onto her wiry back.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd