The bloodhound was known in early Scottish history; it was once vindictively put upon the trail of Robert Bruce, and in barbarous days, by cruel license of war, was directed against the marauders of the Scottish border.
The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide owns.
The bloodhound is true to his nature with reasonable opportunity.
I prefer a fox hound bitch bred to bloodhound dog.
I have some one-half grey hound and one-half bloodhound or fox hound.
In this way they left no trace of whither they had gone, and a bloodhound would have been baffled in attempting pursuit.
He therefore devoted many hours to elaborate efforts to obliterate his own trail, or to shape it so that even a bloodhound could not track him.
The eyes were narrowed and red, the lines cut deep about the bloodhound lips, and mercy was as far from him as from the Killer who hunted on the distant ridge.
It was a bloodhound mouth, the mouth of a man of great and terrible passions, and there was an unmistakable measure of cruelty and savagely about it.
In Moscow a bloodhound is systematically used by the police to discover stolen property, and some of his "finds" have been recorded in all the European papers.
As further illustrating the persistency of the bloodhound when on the trail, I may mention the case of a murder to which I was called in to assist the police in Scotland.
It was a strangely assorted pack--four Airedales, one bloodhound and seven other hounds of mixed breeds.
One, the bloodhound Cain, had a roar like a lion's.
Jimmy ran all the way home: he couldn't run very fast, as the bloodhound tried to slide on its hind legs most of the way, it was so fierce.
The man looked at the dog critically, and said it was either a prize bloodhound or a Scotch haggis; at any rate it was a very rare animal.
The man moved backwards and stepped on the bloodhound's toe, and the bloodhound began to bay like anything.
Jimmy taught his bloodhound to track clothes by letting it smell at a piece of cloth.
Jimmy says it showed the bloodhound was hot upon the scent.
Jimmy's bloodhound is hotter than ever on the trail of German spies.
The bloodhound held on tightly underneath the German, baying faithfully, till the policeman came and forced them apart.
Jimmy says he has only once seen his bloodhound really frightened.
Jimmy asked the German if he could keep the piece of cloth his bloodhound had sniffed out.
Jimmy says he never would have guessed he was a German spy if his bloodhound hadn't sniffed him out.
They had killed a hart, they had killed a hind, Ready to carry away, When they heard a whimper down the wind And they heard a bloodhound bay.
We ask you let us go our way, As fast as we can flee, For if ever you heard a bloodhound bay You'll know how pressed we be.
Wait a bit--a man who can tackle a bloodhoundand choke the life out of him is pretty determined," said Brack.
So did I; the fellow had a terrible fight with a bloodhoundand strangled it.
I saw the bloodhound coming along at a fast pace, scenting the ground, then baying from time to time.
But the bloodhound Kane refused to take any meat out of Wade's hand.
If half of him was bloodhound the other half was shepherd, for his black and brown hair was inclined to curl, and his head had the fine thoroughbred contour of the shepherd.
Only one vigorous bloodhound stationed in that yard and betraying a disposition to exclude me would dampen my ardor.
A much smaller quantity of bloodhound would restrain what little impetuosity I have.
Among sporting dogs, the bloodhound stands pre-eminent for its majesty of appearance and beauty of color, and is distinguished for the keenness of its scenting powers.
The head of the bloodhoundis long and narrow, and “peaked” on the top of the skull.
While the bloodhoundis not the most common breed of dogs in this country, I suppose most of you are familiar with his looks and history.
It was the day succeeding the departure of George Burton and his bloodhound Zip.
The bloodhound is one of the most dignified of dogs, and resents anything in the nature of familiarity by strangers.
The bloodhound is content to leave that kind of work to his brother the Newfoundland, and a few others.
It was about eight o'clock that the whole party of Boy Scouts including their guest gathered on the front porch, eagerly interested in the test that was to be made of the skill of Zip the bloodhound in following a scent.
The Belgian dogs have a trick of dodging between the legs of a fugitive and tripping him, but the bloodhound prefers to drag him down.
A bloodhound has been known to trot twenty feet to one side of a trail along a broad highway, and not lose it for miles.
Like the gauntlets in the picture of Suspense, it suggests the knightly deeds of chivalry with which the bloodhound seems appropriately associated.
Like the bloodhound in the picture of Suspense, and like The Highland Shepherd's Chief Mourner, the horse is raised by the dignity of suffering to the level of human emotion.
The bloodhound shows no little curiosity as to the shoeing process, as if it were something new to her.
Whatever the task set him, whether for good or ignoble ends, the bloodhound has always fulfilled it with unflagging perseverance and devotion.
The other occupants of the place are a small donkey and the bloodhound Laura.
The bloodhound seems large even for his breed, which averages about twenty-seven inches in height.
The bloodhound is of a ponderous nature which does not act without deliberation.
The picture of the Sleeping Bloodhound has what we call plastic qualities.
Here, by contrast, the Sleeping Bloodhound is seen in complete relaxation.
For a fortnight Jess and his bloodhound had grimly searched the mountains.
Back at Arden the Colonel and Dale, each with a high powered rifle, were mounting horses; and in town the sheriff was lifting a bloodhound to his buggy.
The sheriff lifted his bloodhound to the ground, and the mild eyes of this heavy dewlapped creature looked confidently up at them, waiting to be told what human atom of the millions over the earth he must bring to justice.
Using infinite care to avoid disturbing or unsettling her full-fed little ones, the bloodhound mother slowly, gently, and with much effort, raised her aching body from the ground and stood a moment tremulously resting.
In the bloodhound the skin is very loose and fine in texture all about the head and flews and dewlap.
The beautiful early summer weeks slid by, and the young bloodhound grew more sedate and less given to violent exercise.
It may be that Colonel Forde himself was more than a little worried about it when, a week later, the young bloodhound disappeared one afternoon and did not show up again next day.
But when one saw Jan extended at the gallop, or in the act of leaping a gate or other obstruction, one was apt to forget the bloodhound in him, and to remember only his kinship with Finn, the fleetest son of a fleet race of hunters.
The bloodhound in him made him look solemn at times; but he was not naturally a grave person at all.
She ceased to be the Lady Desdemona and became simply a bloodhound at work; an epitome of the whole complex science of tracking.
And above the prominent, thatched brows rose the noble bloodhound forehead, serried wrinkle over wrinkle to the lofty peak of the skull.
There was no sign of the bloodhound near the mouth of the cave when Finn breasted the steep rise it faced.
If I unchain the bloodhound and put him on the scent, he'll find them out for us in a minute.
He also obtains from the bloodhound branch of his family a wild yearning to star in an "Uncle Tom" company, and watch little Eva meander up the flume at two dollars per week.
The foxhound obtains from his ancestors on thebloodhound side of the house his keen scent, which enables him while in full cry 'cross country to pause and hunt for chipmunks.
As soon as it was free, the dog fled away with incredible velocity, baying with the dull, short yelps of a bloodhound following the scent.
He advanced towards it precipitately; a bloodhoundlike their own jumped up joyfully upon him, and covered him with wild caresses.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bloodhound" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
