housebroken

Example Sentences

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I’m domesticated, housebroken, and I cook a mean minestrone.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2019

At Southeast Missouri, which has about 11,500 students, critters will have to be family pets that are quiet, housebroken and get a roommate’s sign-off.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 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