cur

Example Sentences

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“The black mouth cur is the best dog out there,” said Payne.

From Washington Times • Feb. 26, 2018

Young women would boast about being chatted up by the old cur at the local deli.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2016

Our Hei-Hei — a Pekingese cross, we believe — looks quite the cur in such well-bred circles.

From Time • Jun. 15, 2016

"At least this wee fella loves me," he simpered, nanoseconds before the cur sank its gnashers into the hand of the Souness-shunning sadsack.

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2012

The Crow’s Eye had summoned all the strength of the Iron Isles to Old Wyk and sailed out into the deepness of the Sunset Sea, with his brother Victarion following behind like a whipped cur.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin