housebroken
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After the increasingly disastrous three “Jurassic World” movies, which were vacuums of appeal as their star Chris Pratt plodded about bemoaning his precious housebroken velociraptors, the “Jurassic” series desperately needed a shot in the arm.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025
By that, I mean nice, smart, accomplished, shares some interests, is housebroken in most of the right ways?
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2019
Dr. Brazelton told the Times that the idea that a child should be housebroken like a puppy was “very logical — for a puppy.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2018
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
Anyone who’s ever had a cat that’s not housebroken can imagine the smells, other than pepper and thyme, that permeate this house.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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