mongrel
Example Sentences
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After that, the party kicked him to the curb like an unwanted mongrel.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026
The mongrel called Mona escaped from its pet carrier on the way to a plane, running off across the runway in Buenos Aires, pursued by three vans.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
Baxter and her producer, Edward Barnes decided not to inform the viewers but instead substituted a sad-looking mongrel they discovered in a south London pet shop.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
“Like many of us, I’m a mongrel, a hybrid, made up of many things,” she writes in the title essay.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2020
Even he could not always make sense of the mongrel Ghiscari tongue the slavers spoke, especially when they were speaking fast.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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