housebroken

Example Sentences

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Not to mention the fact that he isn’t housebroken, chews, bites like all puppies do, and we have a dog that goes absolutely insane around other dogs, getting very rough.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

By that, I mean nice, smart, accomplished, shares some interests, is housebroken in most of the right ways?

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2019

Brazelton told the Times that the idea that a child should be housebroken like a puppy was “very logical – for a puppy.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2018

Are parents just tame animals, housebroken and desexed?

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2017

They were not housebroken, but for some reason Mrs. Gale thought she was doing me a favor when she dropped one in my lap for me to play with.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz