How to Use mastiff in a Sentence

mastiff

noun

• Odin, a brown and black bull mastiff with a white chest, was in the truck.
  — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2020
• The mastiffs guard the sheep and the village from lurking wolves.
  — Jane Horwitz, The Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2017
• One day, the old man flees for the forest, the mastiff in pursuit.
  — New York Times, 2 May 2018
• The English Mastiff left his paw print in the cement as well.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 25 May 2017
• The mastiff was so weak that Benjamin had to lift it into his squad car.
  — Shannon Prather, Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
• Six types of bulldogs and 18 types of mastiffs also are banned.
  — Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
• This cross of a bulldog and mastiff is a large breed dog, known to be a good companion and work dog.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 25 Nov. 2022
• But Smokey is a cane corso, an Italian breed of mastiff, not a pit bull or a mix of pit bull breeds.
  — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2023
• Childers says the deputies checking on the victim were approached by the two dogs, a German shepherd and a type of mastiff.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2022
• Guarding the prized flock are nine Spanish mastiffs, worth $2,500 apiece.
  — Cori Petersen, WSJ, 27 July 2018
• Now extinct, the dog is believed to be the foundation for the modern mastiff.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2022
• David and Rachel share their home with an 11-year-old mastiff, an 8-year-old Labrador, and a 7-year-old catahoula leopard dog.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2018
• The couple threw a few pairs of underwear in a bag, then loaded Brighton and their other mastiff, Reese, in the truck.
  — Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2020
• And not even another large breed such as a Great Pyrenees or a mastiff or an Irish wolfhound.
  — Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2020
• Their home is guarded by two mastiffs, and jaguars and tigers frequently roam around their eight-acre yard.
  — Washington Post, 9 May 2020
• Along for the ride is Diamond’s 3-year-old, 170-pound English mastiff.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 17 Jan. 2022
• Many sport smudged eye black on their cheeks and wear necklaces made of plastic dog bones in honor of the team’s mascot, a bull mastiff named Chomps.
  — Charlotte Wilder, SI.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• Hey suggests, because a Chihuahua cannot jump high enough to make puppies with a mastiff.
  — Richard Conniff, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2010
• What a duo: joker and curmudgeon, greyhound and mastiff, Black and white.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• Duke, a 16-year-old pit bull and mastiff mix, died after receiving burns on roughly 70% of his body.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
• Mohawk Hudson, for instance, has a lot of pit bulls, mastiffs and cane corsos.
  — Michael Hill, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
• Just as there are inherent differences in a mastiff and a chihuahua, our body size and shape will vary too.
  — Sarah Schlichter, Outside Online, 28 May 2021
• Another breed that received votes is the Tibetan mastiff, a rare breed that few people know a lot about.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2019
• Shyla, a mastiff, was injured when the pet carrier fell to the ground in January.
  — Michelle Gilchrist, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
• The last owners, a couple with four kids, even left him their big white Alentejo mastiff, a local breed.
  — Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
• Kevin Hart: Chihuahua The combative, diminutive foil to his (mastiff) co-star.
  — Rohita Kadambi, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
• An elderly mastiff mix was found running loose and was taken to the shelter.
  — Washington Post, 18 July 2017
• Layla Bug Layla Bug is a 5-year-old mastiff mix who enjoys walks and cuddling.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 30 Apr. 2024
• Tibetan people have used mastiffs guard their flocks of sheep from predators, like wolves, for centuries.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 Sep. 2019
• This was the second mastiff wolves had eaten on their property.
  — Cori Petersen, WSJ, 27 July 2018

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024