How to Use bloodhound in a Sentence

bloodhound

noun
  • When the pair got closer to a home, the bloodhound went around to the back.
    Htv National Desk, Houston Chronicle, 6 July 2019
  • The bloodhound was about 3 years old when cops taught him to track.
    Ben Brasch, ajc, 3 May 2018
  • The pro leagues, in fact, run like bloodhounds after the scent of their fan bases.
    Michael Powell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Alas, the title of Best in Show went to Trumpet the bloodhound.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The bloodhound ran back into the westbound lanes where it was hit by a car.
    Cathy Locke, sacbee, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The next day, the search task force brought bloodhounds to the area to retrace the steps Johnston made in reaching Newark.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Bears have a sense of smell that's seven times stronger than that of a bloodhound, the agency added.
    Claire Colbert and Michelle Watson, CNN, 24 June 2022
  • Alogna said two of the four units Poveromo bought and donated went to the two bloodhounds.
    Bill Leukhardt, courant.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • Luna Old dogs need love too, and this 9-year-old bloodhound mix has had a tough go.
    Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 3 May 2023
  • This year’s Best in Show was awarded to a bloodhound named Trumpet.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 23 June 2022
  • Then the bloodhound, Mosby, smelled the Elantra and the teen’s zippered wallet, stored in a plastic bag to preserve the scent.
    Washington Post, 30 June 2022
  • Officers used a bloodhound to track the driver, but did not find him.
    Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Officers then arrived and used bloodhounds to search for the teen.
    Anna Zambelli, Good Housekeeping, 4 Nov. 2015
  • But at its core lies the spaceflight equivalent of a bloodhound’s nose.
    science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Drones and bloodhounds have assisted in the search, but without any luck.
    Michelle Matthews, AL.com, 30 July 2017
  • Sophie the bloodhound ‘got loose’ from her handler’s house.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Bears have noses 7 times better than a bloodhound and can smell even the faintest odor of food inside a vehicle.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 27 June 2022
  • Not pictured is the top casting of Sam Elliott voicing the bloodhound Trusty.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2019
  • One girl ran away three times in 11 days, requiring police to use bloodhounds to help track her down.
    Cassie Cope and Fred Clasen-Kelly, charlotteobserver, 8 June 2018
  • But the characters—the brave and innocent children, the bloodhound of a colonel—remain rather flat archetypes.
    Ursula Lindsey, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
  • Police ramped up their search, sweeping the ground with bloodhounds and a helicopter.
    Vinny Vella, Philly.com, 18 May 2018
  • Past winners include champs of all shapes and sizes Last year, Trumpet the bleary-eyed bloodhound ran away with best in show, the first bloodhound to earn the title.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 8 May 2023
  • The bloodhound’s preferred lounging spot happens to be the custom banquette in the dining room.
    Robert Rufino, ELLE Decor, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But detectives gave the case of the missing pizza pies to Dare, a police bloodhound with a nose for tracking any scent for miles.
    Veronica Rocha, latimes.com, 10 May 2017
  • But in a hunter's miracle, the whitetail instead sniffed the paddleboat and, like a bloodhound, tracked Kevin's footsteps all the way to his tree stand.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Infrared drones, bloodhound teams and boats have been deployed, police said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • In some cases, enslaved Black people in Texas were run down by bloodhounds or shot rather than be released from bondage.
    Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
  • Authorities arrived on the scene and found the girl's bicycle near a gas station, where a bloodhound team picked up the child's scent.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The National Park Service estimates that a black bear's sense of smell is about seven times greater than that of a bloodhound.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 Oct. 2023
  • People with certain breeds like beagles, bloodhounds and huskies were more likely to report their dog was a howler.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023

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