How to Use spaniel in a Sentence

spaniel

noun

• My friend has the same problem with her old and blind spaniel.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2022
• Friedman stopped by with his two dogs, a Shih Tzu and a Shih Tzu spaniel.
  — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
• The smallish, brown-and-white, spaniel-style dogs can be seen in some Dutch Old Master paintings.
  — CBS News, 10 Jan. 2018
• Even more troubling, the doctor’s dog, a Tibetan spaniel named Bo, had been left unattended in the home.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• Some familiar breeds that once held the top spot, such as collies and cocker spaniels, aren’t in the top 10 today.
  — Jennifer Peltz, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2017
• The canine actor playing King Charles’ beloved spaniel is yet to be announced.
  — Kt Hawbaker, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2018
• In August 2016, the couple bought a house in West Roxbury for themselves and Wesley, their spaniel mix.
  — Philly.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• The clients’ spaniel, Jake, lays claim to the best spot in the former hayloft, which overlooks sweeping views of the surrounding countryside.
  — Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful, 22 Sep. 2021
• The floors throughout, of reclaimed antique oak, can stand up to Amber and Chloe, the couple’s Brittany spaniels.
  — Carlos Mota, ELLE Decor, 2 May 2023
• The construction turned the Delavans’ cocker spaniels, Mable and Della, cranky.
  — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 1 June 2017
• Below a clouded sky in the middle of Illinois prairie, a handsome brown spaniel dashed ahead through brambles and bobbed back up with a catch.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2021
• His first memory of them was as a young boy racing a cocker spaniel named Denny to a bakery truck.
  — Monica Luhar, NBC News, 9 May 2017
• Brittanies—no longer known as Brittany spaniels—make a great choice for a compact pointing dog.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 23 Mar. 2020
• And in New Hampshire, schoolchildren gather at the grave of the first American cocker spaniel.
  — National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2016
• Swinton’s springer spaniel Rosie (one of her four) was an inspiration.
  — Jake Coyle, The Seattle Times, 23 June 2017
• Big dogs, small dogs, poodles, schnauzers, cocker spaniels, collies . .
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 21 Apr. 2017
• There are no clumber spaniels or Australian shepherds in this year’s draft pool, but Ranger is an intriguing pick.
  — Tim Moynihan, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2016
• My grandmother had outlived all of her siblings, her husband, and a series of spaniels.
  — Deborah Milstein, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• Her answer: fostering Benny, a spaniel mix who’d just been pummeled by a car.
  — Chris Erskinecolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2020
• Penny, Monroe says, was a Brittany spaniel that cost him $75 in his early years serving a church in Nyssa.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Before the match, Princess Charlotte petted Stella, a Springer spaniel police dog.
  — Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
• Sniffer dogs—Alsatians and Irish spaniels—are trained to root out ammunition, rhino horn, and weapons stashed in trucks and cars.
  — Helena Pozniak, Popular Mechanics, 26 Nov. 2018
• Dinner was just getting started when the family dog, a cocker spaniel named Sandy, leaped from a sitting start on the kitchen floor into the lima beans.
  — Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, 13 Jan. 2017
• The collection, which includes a cavalier spaniel and dachshund, is a play on dogs in military garb.
  — Lia Picard, House Beautiful, 2 Apr. 2021
• Raccoon dogs, a spaniel-size canine bred and sold in China both for their meat and luxurious fur, are one of the likeliest sources of the last 2½ years of human misery.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022
• While her spaniel whines pitifully for its missing master, her own complex feelings are still working their way to the surface.
  — Sheri Linden, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• But the small, water-loving hunting dogs were for years something of a South Carolina secret, and they’re still not as widely known as some other spaniel breeds.
  — Jennifer Peltz, The Seattle Times, 13 Feb. 2019
• The turquoise sandals, which have a brown heel and straps and white buttons, got destroyed when Aidan’s Brittany spaniel dragged them into Carrie’s bathroom and began gnawing on them.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 25 May 2021
• Pupper's Nucleus is a great supplement for your spaniel.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• After beating out 32 setters and spaniels in the sporting class, Daniel became one of the first golden retrievers to make it to the final round, best in show — a feat noted in Daniel’s hometown paper.
  — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024