housebroken

Example Sentences

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Puppies are a ton of work, 24 hours a day, and there are loads of pleasant 1-year-old dogs who are already housebroken and leash-trained clogging our nation’s shelters.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2018

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2018

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