How to Use top dog in a Sentence

top dog

noun

• On the cattle drives of the Old West, the cook was top dog of the chuck wagon.
  — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 15 Feb. 2020
• Left on the outskirts is Beth, who was once the top dog.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2019
• There's still plenty of bark left in the team's top dog.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 21 Nov. 2020
• Plusquellic was top dog in Akron and worked to steady the city in big and small ways.
  — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2019
• Soon, all those old naysayers saw my rise to the top dog.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• When did the South embrace sweet tea as its top dog drink?
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 15 Apr. 2021
• Move over, Fido — there's a new top dog (name) in town.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2020
• And there’s no disputing who the top dog is at this point.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2021
• Here is a look at other top dogs that have, at one point, sniffed around the White House.
  — Kasondra Van Treeck, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
• But top dog, Coach Reeve, makes sure that order stays in line.
  — Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021
• McAllen is still the top dog in the large-city class, amassing 3.5 million-plus points thus far.
  — John Delapp, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2020
• Scroll through the gallery below to see health issues that plague top dog breeds.
  — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2018
• In its stead, China has become the top dog, alongside the U.S.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023
• Goldman Sachs is clearly still the top dog on Wall Street.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 18 July 2022
• There was gossip in the paddock; the presence of the McLaren F1 team's top dogs ensured that much.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 June 2018
• So for the underdogs or top dogs in your life, here are ways to celebrate them and the Year of the Dog.
  — Janet Kinosian, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• The definitive measure of who’s top dog will be judged by who gets the most teams in the Sweet 16!
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2022
• God, baseball movies have been extinct for so long, but Bull Durham is the top dog for me in terms of tone.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2022
• The Orion 9000 is the company’s top dog that—get this—comes with wheels and a handle.
  — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 20 Aug. 2018
• Most have been the top dog on their high school team, and certainly in middle school.
  — oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2021
• In the hierarchy of track-capable Corvettes, the Z06 is the top dog.
  — Marc Urbano, Car and Driver, 31 Oct. 2022
• But since June—some could argue since March—top dog Bitcoin has been kind of a bore.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 17 Aug. 2023
• But, for the price, performance, smart features, and ease of use, this litter box is the top dog.
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
• For almost as long as the Lab has been the top dog in terms of AKC registrations, the golden’s had a lock on the #3 spot.
  — Tom Davis, Field & Stream, 15 May 2020
• From that point on, mainstream hip hop had a new top dog and one with a serious bite.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2021
• Thirty-eight percent felt able to rate the top dog, Chief Justice John Roberts.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 6 July 2023
• Here are the top dog names of 2017 sorted by male and female names and ranked from least to most popular.
  — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• Surely there’s a reason why these pint-sized pets are willing to bark and bite to be seen as top dog.
  — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2023
• In the not-too-distant future, Giri hopes the United States can evolve from underdog to top dogs.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
• The idea that China would soon overtake the United States to become the top dog is delusional.
  — Eric X. Li, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2017

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024