How to Use doghouse in a Sentence
doghouse
noun-
The play is still a pleasure, and Moses is still in the doghouse.
— Jesse Green, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022 -
The dog thumped his tail against the doghouse in the cold yard but was old and did not get up.
— Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022 -
The White House lets it be known that Kelly is in the doghouse.
— Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2018 -
But our wine hostess saved me a trip to the boyfriend doghouse.
— Brett Owens, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022 -
Then, in the 1960s, the great leap—from the doghouse onto the bedspread, thanks to flea collars.
— Daniel Dorsa, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2020 -
Why on Earth would a no-frills doghouse go for so much?
— Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 18 Feb. 2022 -
On the bright side, there is a little doghouse blind set up on a farm just down the road.
— Hunter Whirley, Outdoor Life, 9 Dec. 2020 -
These days Boomers aren’t the only ones in Gen Z’s doghouse.
— Dave Murphy, SFChronicle.com, 17 Dec. 2019 -
A mutt that workers adopted off the street sleeps in his doghouse on the first floor.
— Clive Thompson, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2015 -
The height of the doghouse should also be 36 inches, and the width of the doghouse should be 30 inches.
— Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2023 -
Lloyd is in the doghouse with Rip and finds purpose in teaching Carter.
— Rodney Ho, ajc, 24 Nov. 2021 -
Bourne could be running a go route to the Belichick doghouse.
— Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022 -
Similarly, the height of the doghouse should be the same as the length, and the width of the doghouse should be about 6 inches less than the length.
— Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2023 -
It was channeled outside and straight through her doghouse, where the dog was washed in the bargain.
— Ny Times Syndication, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017 -
Outdoor dogs need a doghouse with a layer of straw for warmth as well.
— Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 20 Dec. 2019 -
Michael Dieter struggled as a rookie and hasn’t been able to work his way out of the doghouse.
— Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 11 May 2021 -
For a couple weeks after that I was consigned to the doghouse.
— Sam Patten, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2019 -
The lack of carries doesn’t mean Johnson is in the doghouse after starting the first two games.
— Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 4 Oct. 2020 -
Clorox is taking its turn in the household goods doghouse.
— Aaron Back, WSJ, 1 May 2019 -
The story behind the doghouse is just as adorable as the structure itself.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2022 -
China often sends countries that cross it to the doghouse in some form.
— The Economist, 27 Feb. 2021 -
Farmer also bought the fragment that hit Rocky’s doghouse.
— Joshua Sokol, Science | AAAS, 13 Aug. 2020 -
With each major movie studio showing off their wares for the year ahead, which dog came out on top and who's in the doghouse?
— Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2018 -
Denzel Valentine deserves a longer look from the back of Boylen’s doghouse.
— David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019 -
Could this really be the year that dachshunds get out of the Westminster doghouse?
— Ben Walker, The Seattle Times, 12 Feb. 2019 -
In one of the chain link-fenced cells that earned the facility its nickname — the doghouse — a man clutched a baby to his chest.
— Molly Hennessy-Fiske, latimes.com, 27 June 2019 -
The storm flooded Garcia’s backyard and broke her fence and doghouse.
— Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023 -
In other news, Theranos is not the only blood-tester in the doghouse these days.
— New York Times, 8 June 2019 -
Late Wednesday, engineers detected two more helium leaks—one with the other manifold in the port doghouse, and another in the doghouse on the top side of the service module.
— Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024 -
However, proper shelter needs to be in place, including a heated garage or insulated doghouse with its door facing away from wind and a protective flap to block any drafts.
— Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2024
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