How to Use Great Dane in a Sentence

Great Dane

noun

• One year, a Great Dane snatched a steak from a guest’s plate.
  — Beth Thames, al, 18 Jan. 2023
• No one was brave enough to approach this Great Dane with a ruler.
  — Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 13 May 2024
• Last year, a Great Dane named Zeus was declared the tallest living dog in the world.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2023
• King’s dog, Otis, a black-and-white Great Dane mix, walks around the corner and bounds up the driveway toward us.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2022
• Toy poodles can live 18 years or more, while the average Great Dane is lucky to live half that long.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Feb. 2024
• The event's all-time smallest pup, Sweetpea (1.7 pounds), and the biggest pup, Levi the Great Dane (70 pounds), will also be featured.
  — The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2024
• This year’s game also features the smallest player of all time (the 1.7 lb. Sweetpea) and the largest, Levi the Great Dane, weighing in at 70 lbs.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
• Alicia returns home after a walk with her Great Dane, Avett, on Dec. 11.
  — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
• What’s small to a Great Dane puppy is likely to be much different when compared to a Yorkie.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• Mia’s 7-week-old puppies scrambled around the yard and between the legs of Keith’s massive but mindful Great Dane, Maya.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
• Then there is his massive, sorrowful Great Dane, who now belongs to her.
  — The Atlantic, 16 May 2022
• Plus, the cover of the novel had an illustration of a Great Dane on it—a Harlequin Dane, white with black spots, in a red collar.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
• Ever since four friends grabbed a Great Dane and a box of Scooby Snacks, and took off in a green van, part of the fun of mysteries has been solving them together.
  — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
• He was inspired by his late Great Dane Hugo, who traveled with him often but could never fit on a plane — like many non-lap dogs, Hugo would have had to fly in the cargo area rather than the cabin.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 May 2024
• PIPs took in the pregnant Great Dane after the rescue's staff noticed she was being given away on a local social media site.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• With men arriving directly from jails and prisons, Michelle got a 175 lb Great Dane for protection.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 May 2024
• The 11-year-old Great Dane was recently diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, and is not expected to live to Dec. 25.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
• The family dog, a Great Dane named Luna, no longer gets professionally groomed, which costs $60 a visit.
  — New York Times, 28 June 2022
• Fisher employs her Australian accent to charming effect, and Park is hilarious with his deadpan line readings as the Great Dane who has nothing to be insecure about.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Aug 2024