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

Bruce, "the rescue centre mongrel", sadly died from the tumour at the age of 12.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2024

“Like many of us, I’m a mongrel, a hybrid, made up of many things,” she writes in the title essay.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2020

She was a tough-looking mongrel, part Staffordshire terrier, part German shepherd—part wolf, for all Malcolm knew—and now, by the look of things, spoiling for a fight.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman