poodle

Example Sentences

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Now eight-weeks-old, the household's numerous new arrivals – dubbed Irish Doodles because their mother was mated with a poodle – are believed to be the biggest litter that crossbreed has seen in the UK.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The poodle had become timid and was reluctant to leave Lee's side.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Toni Yoakam, who founded the World Wide Weight Pull Organization, recalls the owner of a 3.5-pound miniature poodle snipping pompoms off her pooch’s feet and ears to get her to 3 pounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

A poodle, coiffed to make pompoms of its torso and tail, stands on its hind legs: puffed, ruffed and bum-padded, just like the ladies being fitted for bums.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

For her outfit, she also picked out her skirt just like my parrot skirt, but she insisted on a poodle when Mami made hers.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez