hound

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

Among typical dog breeds, the great Anglo-French tricolor hound had the strongest signal at 4.7 to 5.7 percent, followed by the Shiloh shepherd at 2.7 percent.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

This was not the first time in my uncle’s 30-year incarceration that we’ve had to hound the Florida Department of Corrections for answers about his well-being.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

Miuccia, who is owned by Enrico De Gaspari, was the winner of the hound group earlier in the show, and beat the winners of six other groups to win the top prize.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025

Once during a momentary lull of the storm, I thought I heard the baying of a hound.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls