How to Use Great Dane in a Sentence
Great Dane
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One year, a Great Dane snatched a steak from a guest’s plate.
—Beth Thames, al, 18 Jan. 2023
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No one was brave enough to approach this Great Dane with a ruler.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 13 May 2024
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Last year, a Great Dane named Zeus was declared the tallest living dog in the world.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Alicia returns home after a walk with her Great Dane, Avett, on Dec. 11.
—Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
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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
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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
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Then there is his massive, sorrowful Great Dane, who now belongs to her.
—The Atlantic, 16 May 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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With men arriving directly from jails and prisons, Michelle got a 175 lb Great Dane for protection.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 May 2024
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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
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The family dog, a Great Dane named Luna, no longer gets professionally groomed, which costs $60 a visit.
—New York Times, 28 June 2022
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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
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