How to Use retriever in a Sentence

retriever

noun

• At the time, Danielle and I owned two Labrador retrievers.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
• Teach retrievers to sit and stay, and only train bird dogs to stay.
  — Tom Keer, Outdoor Life, 11 May 2020
• The Golden retriever was No. 4, and the bulldog, No. 5.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2021
• The Retrievers won three times over the weekend to capture the title.
  — baltimoresun.com, 28 May 2017
• Rigby is a good retriever, but the idea of working hard to find a live bird hasn’t caught on with him yet.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
• Overall, the country’s favorite dog is, once again, the Labrador retriever, which ranks No. 2 in the Bay Area.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2017
• Bring chairs and a picnic, but don’t bring the retriever or the rosé, since dogs and alcohol are both banned.
  — Nancy Depalma, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2019
• The world is full of odd jobs, but here's what one of the most unusual: scooter retriever.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2019
• Frankie is a golden retriever whose only goals in life are to please and chase.
  — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity.com, 2 June 2017
• My dog Buster loves to play with plush toys, but won’t touch a ball or a flying disc, two toys that are great for retriever-type dogs.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Dec. 2017
• But who could blame a retriever, bred to bring home felled fowl, for seeking goose feathers.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 22 Jan. 2018
• If the first week was all about nuns and retrievers and fruit laying waste to brackets, the final week of this dance will be about the basketball.
  — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• Roughly two thirds of hunters don’t have boats and, surprisingly to me, about the same don’t use retrievers.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2024
• Drills and mandrills are large monkeys, weighing as much as 75 pounds—about the weight of a large golden retriever.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2016
• An officer found a black Labrador retriever running loose and took it to the shelter.
  — Washington Post, 13 June 2017
• Ghosh warned Blake and Zara that their retriever might never be retrieved.
  — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020
• Such discussions are as timeless as the smiling eyes of a retriever with fresh marsh mud on her feet.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2017
• Sydney began to warm him up, tossing half-way down the pool’s length a small retriever’s bumper dolled with streamers.
  — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 18 June 2018
• Scrimshaw panels feature a flying mallard drake and hen on one side, and a retriever on the other.
  — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2020
• With one of the squishiest faces and softest demeanors, this 2-year-old Sharpei-Labrador retriever mix is sure to leave a permanent mark on the hearts of all who know her.
  — The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2022
• The red-coated Labrador retriever mix was born with a genetic defect in one of his rear legs that should have been fixed as a puppy.
  — Fox News, 4 May 2017
• Delgado and Perez fled with their 4-month-old retriever Bruno.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2019
• Gunther the golden retriever joined teacher Suzy Shaw’s fourth grade class in August at just 10 weeks old.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 June 2017
• Ronan introduces me to the Westie-retriever mix as if to a charming friend.
  — Jamie Hawkesworth, Vogue, 11 July 2018
• The poodle was bred as a gun dog and a water retriever, and the breed retains those athletic instincts, which will surely kick in on a long, slow run.
  — Erin Berger, Outside Online, 18 Apr. 2013
• Drennan’s latest project is a favorite of her trusty retriever Aiden.
  — al, 23 Sep. 2019
• Whether collie or retriever, purebred or mutt, dogs climb mountains with us, travel on airplanes with us, and eat the scraps off our plate.
  — James Gaines, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2022
• Or maybe do a quick recon on Google, searching to see what the story is on available litters of hard-driving shed retrievers.
  — Tony J. Peterson, Outdoor Life, 24 Feb. 2020
• The retriever is now being relentless in his attempt to get some of my squash soup topped with salty roasted pumpkin seeds.
  — Sara Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2022
• Golden retrievers and Labrador retrievers were exceedingly loved in the top cities, and American pit bull terriers were also sitting pretty in many.
  — Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 9 May 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024