How to Use puppy in a Sentence

puppy

noun
  • Our dog just had four puppies.
  • Drew said the puppies were in bad shape, and one was on the brink of death.
    — Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
  • Brown, the man who had dug a trench, stroked a small puppy.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Six 8-week old puppies inside the shed died in the fire.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The store priced each of the bulldog puppies at $4,299 each.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The clip ends with the mom dog cuddling with her 11 new puppies.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The puppies were too small to climb out of the tote, which was not covered with a lid.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
  • And the fact that that puppy was Chris Evans was even funnier.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Parsad's new husky puppy, Nina, who was in the car with the teenagers, was found dead in the front seat.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2023
  • The first half of the game will be played by the kittens of each squad, and the second half will be played by the puppies.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The stern glare that made their puppy have accidents in the house.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Pigs down on the kill floor have come up and nuzzled me like a puppy.
    — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The puppies are split into two teams: Team Fluff and Team Ruff.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The handling is pure BMW, which is to say more fun than Labrador puppies.
    — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Our friend who trains dogs told us to take our puppy to places like Lowe’s, etc.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Jan. 2022
  • This was the first reunion for the dogs since they were taken home as puppies.
    — Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The working-class kid followed the rich girl around like a puppy.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But nobody else was around, and puppies were stuck in there.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Dogs have short, round faces as puppies but long, snouty faces as adults.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The noise is awfully close to my Black Lab puppy and me.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Archie is a medium-sized 30lb puppy that is full of life!
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 28 July 2024
  • Whether a puppy or an adult rescue, the first thing any dog needs to learn is its name.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 10 June 2022
  • The puppy appeared to be a pit bull that was mostly brown.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Ford says that the pulpo puppies will probably be around for a while.
    — Grace Noble, Dallas News, 13 July 2023
  • Tracy and Roger got the new puppy as a surprise for their kids.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
  • The response would need to go beyond chalk and puppies.
    — Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Two months ago, a pit bull owned by one of Gibson’s friends had puppies.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And poor David Michael, who can’t seem to move past losing his puppy.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The stay also revealed the extent of the puppy's health issues.
    — Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Nearly a dozen dead puppies were discovered in a bookbag left on the side of the road in Youngstown, Ohio, a local humane society said.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025

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