How to Use littermate in a Sentence

littermate

noun

• The littermate was found, tranquilized and brought back to the ranch.
  — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2019
• But his bid for a Triple Crown of dogdom ended when he was topped by littermate Bourbon in the breed judging.
  — Ben Walker, The Seattle Times, 12 Feb. 2019
• Puppies learn a great deal of social skills from their littermates and their mother.
  — Anika Marinakis, The Mercury News, 16 May 2017
• The two have been a team ever since Cassens picked Groot out as a 6-week-old puppy from among nine littermates at a breeder’s kennel in Redding.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 26 Feb. 2020
• Some big cats will also play with their littermates by batting each other’s tails.
  — National Geographic, 19 June 2018
• The dog comes into being as a puppy, scrabbling with its littermates.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2017
• While mice with an intact sense of smell grow obese on a steady diet of high-fat chow, their littermates who have had their sense of smell expunged can eat the same food yet remain trim.
  — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, 5 July 2017
• Imagine a mouse, waking with eyes red and sleepy, turning to his littermates, suddenly unable to say a word.
  — Rachel Hoge, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2017
• Zoo staff were concerned about hand-rearing Zoya apart from the socialization of a mother and littermates.
  — Robert Moran, Philly.com, 20 July 2017
• Four months later, his littermate, Jessie, was diagnosed with head and neck cancer.
  — Johnny Runnette, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
• Lindsay Schrupp fell in love with Frank, a beagle mix, on Instagram, who had been dropped off at a kill shelter in Tennessee along with his littermates.
  — Connie Wang, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2020
• The dog and a littermate were taken to Augusta, Georgia, between July 14 and July 17.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
• Health officials have yet to find the littermate or identify its rabies status.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
• Peace, the coyote pup who garnered headlines last year as the lone survivor of a brutal attack that killed his five littermates, survived another close encounter.
  — Christy Gutowski, chicagotribune.com, 27 May 2018
• The health agency is now searching for people who attended the Clearwater gathering or might have had contact with the littermate puppy.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
• Once a cub has been tackled by its littermates, roles might reverse such that a littermate handicaps itself, allowing the other cub to tackle it in return.
  — Caitlin O'Connell, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
• Once a cub has been tackled by its littermates, roles might reverse such that a littermate handicaps itself, allowing the other cub to tackle it in return.
  — Caitlin O'Connell, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
• Five other littermates were also delivered, each surrounded by its own placenta, as is usually the case in dogs.
  — Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic, 2 Sep. 2016

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024