hound

Example Sentences

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"Sophie thought she'd read the Daily Mail one day and the first comment was: 'Why does she look like an Afghan hound?'"

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The act of striving for more, like some frenzied truffle hound, is usually an attempt to override fear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Among typical dog breeds, the great Anglo-French tricolor hound had the strongest signal at 4.7 to 5.7 percent, followed by the Shiloh shepherd at 2.7 percent.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

The dog, Apollo, is a pickup truck of a hound, and Iris barely has any space for him in her cramped New York City apartment.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

The family sat huddled around the only table in the house, with Dusty, their brindle hound, curled underneath.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper