How to Use sheepdog in a Sentence

sheepdog

noun

• The fearless sheepdog has emerged as a hero across the internet.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
• Once, when her old English sheepdog Figaro didn't come home, Rizzo used his radio talk show to try to find her pet.
  — Laurie Hollman, Philly.com, 21 Aug. 2017
• Phillips, a wolf in sheepdog’s clothing, has been around every shape, size, and type of player during a lifetime of coaching.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 26 Feb. 2018
• Among the highlights will be Celtic music, a car show, Highland games, dancing, sheepdog herding, food, a beer garden and more.
  — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• A stooped man with a stooped English sheepdog walked by on his way to buy a newspaper from the newsagent, and passed by again moments later, with one tucked under his arm.
  — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2017
• Puli, a smaller breed of Hungarian sheepdogs, are known for their extremely heavy coats of long and thick fur.
  — Rebecca Shinners, Country Living, 30 Nov. 2015
• The sloth, about the size of a large sheepdog, hung upside down and stared at me with an expression of ineffable sadness on its furry face.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2018
• The soundscape comes from a sheep herder’s whistle and calls to three sheepdogs, many baaas, and much munching of grass, and traffic noises that invade the bucolic setting.
  — Ellen Dunkel, Philly.com, 4 June 2018
• The canines represent a variety of breeds, from a poodle mix to an English sheepdog.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2017
• Was Cliven Bundy just a toothless old sheepdog protecting his herd?
  — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 15 May 2018
• Imagine a sheepdog who is good at barking, but has little sense of direction: The Middle East is now in the position of its harried flock.
  — chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2017
• Attention then swung to a sheepdog with a red bandanna trotting behind a herd of sheep, keeping his flock moving.
  — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 1 Feb. 2020
• The discovery of the three Abruzzo sheepdog puppies in the boiler room raised spirits, even as rescuers located a seventh body.
  — Colleen Barry, Orange County Register, 23 Jan. 2017
• Chan wore a white sleeveless gown by Claire Pettibone and was escorted down the aisle by their Hungarian sheepdog named Beast.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
• En route, families can stop to scale the striking Cliffs of Moher, some of Ireland's highest, and enjoy a private sheepdog demonstration at a farm in the Burren.
  — Jancee Dunn, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2022
• She’s a sheepadoodle — a cross between an old English sheepdog and a poodle — with over a million followers on Instagram.
  — Benjamin Plackett, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
• On a recent sunny day after work, the 38-year-old walked his English sheepdog, named Magnificent, along Baker Street, keeping an eye out for crooks.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2018
• His hopes were raised when a farmer with a large flock, usually used for sheepdog trials, expressed an interest in the project — and then dashed when the farmer decided not to let his animals tread the boards after all.
  — Michael Cooper, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2016
• Miley's left arm features a few small permanent drawings, including a crescent moon and tributes to her pets, Pablow (her deceased fish) and Emu (her sheepdog).
  — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 20 Jan. 2023
• Nevertheless, in Room 1554, Jane Bright had taken steps to keep the six Shetland sheepdogs, collies and border collies with her from soiling the carpet, spreading sheets under the crates and forbidding the pups’ use of the beds.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2017
• Most saliently, many of the gene variants associated with the sheepdog lineage were involved in axon guidance—that is, the process by which neurons connect to each other.
  — Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2022
• In the yard below, Mr. Hartmann’s Australian sheepdog scampered after a ball, kicking up dust clouds laced with an invisible threat: blue asbestos.
  — Yan Zhuang Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• The president of Turkmenistan unveiled a large gilded statue in the capital of the Central Asian nation dedicated to his love of a regional breed of sheepdog.
  — Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
• This is more of a nit than a gripe, and the relationship between Shaun and the sheepdog—which is essentially that of a rambunctious child and a bossy-but-well-intentioned older brother—is relatable.
  — Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, 16 Feb. 2020
• Marris describes a recent case in Washington State in which a black wolf was impregnated by a domestic sheepdog.
  — Boyce Upholt, Outside Online, 29 June 2021
• During the day, there was horse racing and shearing competitions and sheepdog trials, sometimes fuelled by gin-and-tonics for breakfast, and in the evening there was drinking and dancing until four or five in the morning.
  — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
• That menacing force remains largely unseen around the edges of this folk tale, though it’s alluded to in the gaze of an anxious sheepdog, or a watchful house cat skeptically standing sentry.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
• The Patagonian sheepdog has become a sort of national dog, Ostrander said.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022
• Things like herding by sheepdog breeds or fetching by various retrievers.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2022
• The only other vehicle was a farmer’s van coming the opposite direction, a sheepdog riding shotgun.
  — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019

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