How to Use shorthair in a Sentence

shorthair

noun

• A few days ago, Zack, the chunky, shorthair cat was lonely and without a home.
  — Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2020
• Zack, also a shorthair, is 12 years old and weighs more than 30 pounds.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2019
• Merlin, 4 months, is a male domestic shorthair with a gray and white tuxedo coat and big golden eyes.
  — idahostatesman, 14 Aug. 2017
• All three breeds were among the teams at the Madison training session, along with Dutch shepherds, German shorthairs and Vizslas.
  — Nina Bertelsen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2018
• Four-year-old Millie, a large domestic shorthair, lost her home when her owner died.
  — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 30 May 2017
• Each envelope carried a new photo of her cat Peach, a 19-month-old orange shorthair.
  — Clara Longo De Freitas, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 July 2021
• Lou is a handsome four-year-old shorthair tuxedo who loves affection from people.
  — Susan Green, OregonLive.com, 15 Aug. 2017
• Novice trainers need easy-handling dogs, like Labs or German shorthair pointers.
  — Tony J. Peterson, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2020
• That’s because all cats—longhair, shorthair, no hair—shed a pernicious little protein called Fel d 1, found in the saliva and oil glands, which causes most cat allergies.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2021
• A couple weeks ago, a skittish shorthair that roams our neighborhood got a nasty lesion on his face; my girlfriend and I notified the woman, who promptly showed up with a humane trap rigged with sardines.
  — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 1 June 2021
• An animal control officer picked up the 9-year-old black male domestic shorthair.
  — Jillian S. Jarrett, Washington Post, 20 June 2017
• Reagan, the German shorthair, is opening his legs now, moving fast, while Clooney, the setter, works closer to Loral I, his body twisting one way, then another, following his nose.
  — Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
• Finally, my nine-year-old domestic shorthair, Wasabi, sometimes covers my mouth with his paw (though not as insistently as this kitty).
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2017
• An animal control officer picked up the black female domestic shorthair.
  — Jillian S. Jarrett, Washington Post, 20 June 2017
• An animal control officer picked up the calico female domestic shorthair.
  — Washington Post, 30 May 2017

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024