mongrel

Example Sentences

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After that, the party kicked him to the curb like an unwanted mongrel.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026

The mongrel called Mona escaped from its pet carrier on the way to a plane, running off across the runway in Buenos Aires, pursued by three vans.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Eddie was joined by Boycie, a shih-tzu, in 2014; Conchita, a Maltese, in 2015; Arfur, a mongrel puppy, in 2017; Nancy, another mongrel puppy, in 2020; and Sausage, a wire-haired dachshund, in 2021.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023

Take, for example, our mongrel Mitty, whose fondness for chasing sticks was obsessive.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2020

We become, therefore, a mongrel unit of one under a single all powerful government... and we stand for everything ... and for nothing....

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry