puppies

Example Sentences

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The Sixers proved to be as dangerous as a warm basket of puppies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Johnson said the puppies "may have started fighting" and jurors had already been told Martin used a broom to try to break them up.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

One of her mother’s dogs had recently had puppies, which were in a cardboard box near the front door, the release said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Leaving her in charge of the two XL bully dogs – and eight puppies was a "tragedy waiting to happen", prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC said.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

He swooped me upright but kept one arm over my shoulder—they are all like that, those Beaufort-Stuarts, affectionate as puppies, dead casual about it.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein