Example Sentences

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She had a pekinese dog called Looloo, which she loved.

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

On a cushion beside Mrs Chadwick, who was seated on the sofa, reposed the pampered pekinese, the presence of which both Eliza and her master resented equally.

From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by Young, F.E. Mills

Mrs Chadwick caressed the pekinese, and watched the visitor with curious interest the while.

From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by Young, F.E. Mills

“He won’t ask,” Peggy answered, as confident that her uncle would be nearly as pained at Diogenes’ death as her aunt was over the pekinese.

From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by Young, F.E. Mills

That crime weighed with him more than the slaughter of the pekinese; the death of the pekinese did not concern Mr Musgrave.

From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by Young, F.E. Mills