pet

Example Sentences

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Captive parrots have become habituated to humans and popular with pet owners, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

You can visit and pet them, or find a new roommate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Party A and Party B agree to share physical custody and pet costs, including veterinary, medicine, and pet-food costs associated with Beatrice, a Maine coon cat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Despite being an Irish passport holder and spending part of the year in Portugal, the fact he is a UK resident means he can no longer travel with the EU pet passport.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

They pulled me back to their campground like a lost pet.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff