How to Use whippet in a Sentence

whippet

noun

• The queens and the drones, the whippets and the peacocks.
  — Christian Wiman, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2020
• There will be a whippet named Bourbon and a Pekingese named Wasabi.
  — New York Times, 13 June 2021
• So what’s sparking joy these days for whippets and Maine coons?
  — Jura Koncius, Twin Cities, 28 July 2019
• From a dead stop, a whippet can reach nearly 35 miles per hour in seconds.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 22 June 2018
• Like greyhounds and whippets, sloughis were bred to chase prey over long distances.
  — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 6 Jan. 2016
• Will looking at a photo of a whippet wearing a tiny sweater help?
  — Amy Collier, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
• Bono the Havanese took the toy group, Bourbon the whippet was named top hound, and Conrad the Shetland sheepdog won herding.
  — CBS News, 11 Feb. 2020
• The world record — set five years ago by a whippet named Cochiti in Washington state — is 31 feet.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• Lesbian Lighthouse, a whippet-fast farce about life in the New York arts economy.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 15 June 2022
• Doxie racing first started in Australia, just for fun, in the 1970s along with whippet and afghan hound racing.
  — Patsy Miller, star-telegram, 25 Sep. 2017
• One whippet might provide users with a 30- to 45-second high, which is why, Kellogg said, whippets can quickly pile up in the street.
  — Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2022
• Add the 21-year-old whippet Luis Severino, with his strikeout fastball, and the 27-year-old Masahiro Tanaka, and there is reason for hope.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2016
• Police found about 3,000 whippet canisters, some used and others still in boxes, in the man’s apartment.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 27 May 2022
• Straight up, this was a Westminster whippet surprise: Bourbon over Whiskey.
  — Ben Walker, The Seattle Times, 12 Feb. 2019
• But while a Havanese named Bono caused a stir, and a whippet named Bourbon finished in second place, the day belonged to Siba, a jet black standard poodle who won best in show.
  — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
• Brodie, an Azawakh, a sighthound related to the greyhound and whippet, was rescued by Louisa Crook as a puppy after he was hit by a car and then neglected.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 23 Nov. 2021
• There were images of a whippet wearing a raincoat, rescue puppies on sandy beaches.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
• According to police, the 7-year-old whippet rat terrier mix had escaped from her home in Wellesley.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Goodall was sharing the Gothic-style house (built in 1872) with her sister, Judy, Judy’s daughter and grandchildren, and an aging rescue whippet named Bean.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
• However, the second came courtesy of whippet Nathan Redmond, who is not really known for his strength, in fact, quite the opposite.
  — SI.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• Diana Lonergan, an estate manager, walked a whippet and an Irish wolfhound along the narrow path between a marsh and the Bay on a warm winter morning.
  — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2020
• Smaller, longer-nosed dogs such as Shetland sheepdogs or whippets had the longest life expectancy, with a median of 13.3 years.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Feb. 2024
• Granted, not every woman in this vast, 500-square-mile metropolis looks more like a whippet than a Labradoodle.
  — Monica Corcoran Harel, Marie Claire, 24 Sep. 2013
• Graham has appeared on the cover of American Vogue and in runway shows alongside whippet-thin models.
  — Robin Givhan, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• Playing on the graceful silhouette of the whippet, these grey bookends are an elegant addition to any shelf.
  — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 4 Apr. 2021
• Even while camped well behind the baseline, Wawrinka was able to muscle huge groundstrokes past Carreño, his whippet of a Spanish opponent.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2017
• Several participants brought dogs; even a whippet named Devo strolled the course.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 30 July 2017
• Capone, a mix of miniature pinscher, Chihuahua and whippet, just looked at her and ran back to the kitchen, an instinctive maneuver that has placed him among national dog heroes.
  — Mike Kilen, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
• In 1998, Shubitz’s dog, a whippet named Arrow, was diagnosed with Valley fever.
  — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2021
• Whippets and greyhounds will sometimes even leave their dinner unfinished.
  — Roxanne Khamsi, New York Times, 16 May 2017

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024