mongrel

Example Sentences

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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

Not so much dog days as the mongrel years.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2023

Soviet scientists picked Laika, a stray mongrel found on the cold streets of Moscow.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2022

Whether it’s her notation of Archie’s blokish colloquialisms, Clara’s Anglo-Jamaican patois, the banter of two ancient Jamaican grouches or of second-generation Bengali teenagers, the mongrel texture of metropolitan life rises vividly from the page.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

A gruff voice answered through the door, growling something unintelligible in the mongrel tongue of Slaver’s Bay, an ugly blend of Old Ghiscari and High Valyrian.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin