basset

Example Sentences

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It’s like telling me you beat your basset hound in tennis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

They got together at a cafe in Istanbul — a dog cafe, to be precise, where they were greeted at the door by a resident basset hound.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

"Then when Freda died my father himself bought another basset hound, the second Freda, and that was how it all started."

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

It could be the day for the petit basset griffon Vendéen named for Buddy Holly.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

“WOOF!” barked Franz, running straight toward Isa and not stopping until he rammed right into her and knocked her down, leaving a basset hound-sized wet spot on her jacket.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser