How to Use cocker spaniel in a Sentence
cocker spaniel
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The 1950s were the decade of the Coppertone girl and her cocker spaniel and of Man-Tan, the first self-tanner.
—Alison Rose, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2012
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There’s a cocker spaniel right there, with its ears all wrapped up.
—Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
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At home, Kate and Prince William have a cocker spaniel named Orla.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
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The 26-year-old lives in a one-bedroom apartment with this 10-year-old cocker spaniel, Willy.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2022
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All except for the part at the very end that Kerouac’s friend’s cocker spaniel chewed off and swallowed.
—Bart Bull, SPIN, 10 Feb. 2023
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One of the dogs was a young, male cocker spaniel mix and the other was a male Yorkshire terrier.
—Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023
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In the photo, the Beckhams are sitting in a kitchen, each holding one of their cocker spaniels.
—Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2023
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In the second row, Winston, an 18-month-old cocker spaniel mix, sat up and panted at them.
—New York Times, 20 Mar. 2018
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Lissy is a cocker spaniel, while Candy is of a mixed breed – a corgi and a dachshund.
—Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
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And their four dogs — a poodle, a collie, a cocker spaniel and a Great Dane — jumped on everyone.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2019
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Monte will star alongside a cocker spaniel named Rose, who will play Lady.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2019
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Christian Cooper, a black man, had asked her to put a leash on her cocker spaniel in an area where dogs aren’t allowed to run free.
—Sridhar Natarajan, Fortune, 2 June 2020
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Farther down the street, a middle-aged couple were taking their cocker spaniel for a walk.
—Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2022
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There was a cocker spaniel, along with gray squirrels, flying squirrels and birds.
—Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2021
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James was of course referring to his beloved cocker spaniel of 15 years who passed away in January.
—Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
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Morby is thirty-four, with the exuberance and the golden mane of a cocker spaniel.
—Hannah Seidlitz, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
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The Countess of Wessex met Hedrix, a 15-week-old cocker spaniel puppy, during a visit to a pub in Surrey.
—Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 21 Jan. 2022
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Tuttle’s two dogs, a cocker spaniel named Lulu and a chihuahua named Taco, also died.
—Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 11 Dec. 2019
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James is known for his beloved pack of dogs - and even credits his cocker spaniel Ella with introducing him to his bride-to-be!
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2021
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And in New Hampshire, schoolchildren gather at the grave of the first American cocker spaniel.
—National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2016
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Then there was a ninety-year-old grandmother and a cocker spaniel who went by Benjamin, as in Benjamin Franklin.
—Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
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Kate and William brought home the cocker spaniel earlier this year after their first family dog, Lupo, passed away in 2020.
—Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 6 July 2022
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Police said the dogs were mixes of golden retrievers, black Labradors, and cocker spaniels.
—Sabrina Schnur, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
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On the night of Gloria Estefan's wedding more than four decades ago, her cocker spaniel ate her wedding dress sleeve.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 June 2022
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Kennedy had flown in with his traveling cocker spaniel, Freckles.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2018
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This cocker spaniel totally forgot to pick his daughter up from day care.
—Jake Goldwasser, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2022
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The sweet shots were taken in the Middleton’s backyard and even featured the family’s cocker spaniel, Lupo and the Middleton’s dog Tilly.
—Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 5 May 2018
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One adoptee was a 7-year-old cocker spaniel mix selected by an Escondido mom and her son Jan. 12.
—Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2022
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Her outburst came after Christian Cooper asked her to leash her cocker spaniel in a part of Central Park where dogs are not allowed to roam.
—Harold Maass, TheWeek, 15 Oct. 2020
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The picture features Charlotte in a blue-and-white-striped sweater and jeans clutching her beautiful dog, black cocker spaniel Orla.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
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