housebroken

Example Sentences

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One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2021

After using a ton of bleach and power tools outfitted with scrub brushes, I have told my father his friends are not welcome until they are housebroken.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2020

Brazelton told the Times that the idea that a child should be housebroken like a puppy was “very logical – for a puppy.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2018

The sisters don’t agree on much but they both detest Vicky, a smelly beast too stupid to be housebroken and forever fouling the house and bumping into things she shouldn’t.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2014

They were not housebroken, but for some reason Mrs. Gale thought she was doing me a favor when she dropped one in my lap for me to play with.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz