How to Use dachshund in a Sentence

dachshund

noun
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  • Yep, dachshunds dressed in fancy clothes, as cars, and, of course, as hot dogs!
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2018
  • Small breeds like Chihuahuas and dachshunds live 14-20 years.
    — Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • And Mel the pug and Buddy the dachshund are hardly in this story.
    — Samantha Incorvaia, azcentral, 5 June 2019
  • There are race cars, people on the beach singing, and my dachshund walking across the street.
    — Sarah Yang, House Beautiful, 23 Aug. 2013
  • In Nathan's Four Stevens hotel room, there's a large piece of dachshund art hanging on the wall above the bed.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Two neighbors pinned the bull terrier to the ground as the dog was still biting the dachshund’s neck.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • One the dogs, Karl, a 2½-year-old dachshund, struggled with some of the denser undergrowth.
    — Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Across from the flat screen, a couch, and curled on that couch, Bella, her chihuahua-dachshund mix.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2019
  • The bull terrier, which was on a leash, pulled away from the children and attacked the dachshund.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Continuity is to the Bears what tree bark is to a dachshund.
    — Bernie Lincicome, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Rockaway Beach: See the parade starting at 11 a.m., then take in the bake sale, dachshund races, and a fun run.
    — oregonlive, 27 June 2023
  • That’s fine with Annie, the Bjerkes’ mini dachshund, who doesn’t seem to miss the backyard lawn.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Those with dachshunds and other short-legged breeds found the cone was too close to the ground and limited their pet’s movements.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Me, as a three-year-old, playing with the neighbor’s dog, a plump and lazy dachshund named Sancho.
    — Eduardo Halfon, The New York Review of Books, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Early on a sunny morning in February, one of the dachshunds scratched at the door in the kitchen which led into the porch.
    — David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
  • Each dachshund has a spit of warm water in a dish, a tablespoon, maybe.
    — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • A week before the taping, my mom had sent me some links to adoptable dachshunds on Pet Finder.
    — Alexandra Martell, Cosmopolitan, 27 Jan. 2016
  • The poster’s most recent video before that, of a dachshund enjoying the breeze, had about 3,000 views.
    — Drew Harwell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Officers also found a dachshund named George was found dead in the home as well.
    — Gal Tziperman Lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 July 2017
  • Choose either a poodle or a dachshund (who is sporting a Rudolph nose and antlers!).
    — Christina Vercelletto, CNN Underscored, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The 17-year-old dachshund died two days before Christmas.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Lissy is a cocker spaniel, while Candy is of a mixed breed – a corgi and a dachshund.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
  • In top form, Trevor is a dashing black-and-brown dachshund with a long, slender body, stout little legs and droopy ears.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 1 June 2018
  • The Queen, 95, has famously owned corgis and dorgis (a cross with a dachshund) all her adult life.
    — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 15 Feb. 2022
  • An upscale couple in facemasks and leather gloves trailed their prim and glossy dachshund.
    — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
  • The most beloved vineyard worker isn’t a diver or a wine hand, but a hard hair dachshund named Baba.
    — Zenger News, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The horses were few but beautiful, and at various times there were hens, doves, hawks and five dachshunds.
    — The Economist, 23 Jan. 2020
  • This is a lovely way to soothe your dachshund during high-stress moments.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Lambo is listed as a Chihuahua/dachshund mix, around 3 years old, about 36 lbs, and has the cutest little legs.
    — The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • One of his dogs, a long-haired dachshund named Henry, desperately needed dental care.
    — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 25 June 2024

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