hound dog

Example Sentences

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Steve is the sensible, sensitive mate who evens us out as opposed to the kicked hound dog who waits by the door for his mistress.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2023

I imagined needing a pickup to handle dirt roads and haul lumber, getting a big hound dog and taking up fly-fishing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2023

Ten years of my beloved late hound dog are captured there.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2023

Somebody who ain't nothin' but a hound dog has made off with an Elvis Presley bust from a Central Illinois saloon.

From Fox News • Oct. 28, 2021

I could tell by the surprised look on the little mare’s face that it was the first time she had been kissed on the nose by a hound dog.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls