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Example sentences for "bulldog"

Lexicographically close words:
bulky; bull; bulla; bullace; bullae; bulldogs; bulldozer; bulldozers; bulles; bullet
  1. In his usual foolish fashion, the bulldog tried to climb the tree after the cat.

  2. She was quite oblivious of the presence, just outside, of Jock, who crouched with the very tip of his red tongue poked out and looking just as amiable as it is ever possible for a bulldog to look.

  3. But the fun was all over and Sammy and his bulldog were gone when the questioners arrived.

  4. The bulldog uttered a single yelp as the goat got him between his hard horns and the treetrunk.

  5. I know Sandyface couldn't go up that tree any quicker--not even with Sam Pinkney's bulldog after her.

  6. Having taken aim at the bulldog jumping up and down against the trunk of the pear tree, nothing but a solid wall could have stopped him.

  7. Aw, I didn't know Jock was following me," explained Sammy, and he drove the bulldog out of the yard.

  8. Also his arms had been nearly jerked from the sockets by a horse he had tried to hold, and a calf had kicked him in the leg while he was trying to bulldog it at the branding.

  9. There was Bulldog Hudson, and fearless Scroggins, who beat the conqueror of Sam the Jew.

  10. The bulldog circled about the spot where the boys had eaten dinner, lost the scent, picked it up again, again dropped it and finally started away in dead earnest.

  11. The bulldog was evidently excited about something for the hair on his shoulders and neck was standing straight up while from his throat issued a low fierce growl scarcely audible above the noise of the tumbling waters.

  12. Occasionally the bulldog would enter and after sniffing suspiciously at the prostrate figure of the rescued man would emit a low growl of disapproval and retreat.

  13. Not a sign of antagonism did the bulldog exhibit.

  14. And speaking of dogs," he continued pointing at the white bulldog still holding his position at the pilot house window, "what's the matter with Rowdy?

  15. Here's good old Rowdy coming to get his share," cried Tom, slapping the bulldog on the shoulder.

  16. Although the boys tried to drive him off that trail a number of times, the bulldog persisted in following that route or none.

  17. The bulldog had no particular grievance against the K.

  18. Ten minutes later William returned, bringing with him a fine bulldog attached to a stout string.

  19. Out of the mud, and slush, ice and frozen pools of blood--out of the storm cloud of sleet and snow and black palls of smoke emerged the stolid, bulldog face of Ulysses S.

  20. The game little bulldog swung out from the Minnesota and made straight for the onrushing monster.

  21. The bulldog fighter of the North learned his lesson at Shiloh.

  22. Lincoln stubbornly refused to interfere with his bulldog fighter.

  23. The bulldog fighter of Fort Donelson had allowed his maxim of war to lead him into a situation which the eye of Johnston was quick to see.

  24. That is queer to be seen--the damsel in her seventies and uncle bulldog Josiah.

  25. A look of pugnacious greed for a bone of contest showed on his bulldog face as he turned to Mistress Wynne.

  26. A bulldog or a bull-terrier, attacking a man, seeks for some convenient hold.

  27. A bulldog will secure a grip and will hang on; a collie is everywhere at once.

  28. Well, it was a terrible bit of work, but our fellows stuck to their ground like men--the men of the bulldog breed the kiddies sing about at school.

  29. We kept singing “Boys of the Bulldog Breed” till we thought our throats would crack, and it was taken up all along the line by our men.

  30. I've a retriever who howls at night and makes the bulldog unhappy.

  31. I bought a bulldog of him, because she said she thought one would do me good.

  32. A dog may be the friend of man, but a bulldog is a tailor's enemy.

  33. I have an Irish terrier who is now being cured of bulldog bites by a veterinary surgeon.

  34. The poor dear, how nicely he took the bulldog bites and the howling of the retriever.

  35. Only I never saw him run except that time when the bulldog chased him.

  36. He has less brains than my bulldog, and I think the bulldog has less brains than the retriever.

  37. I think a bulldog would do you good perhaps.

  38. I have a bulldog which hasn't done me any good.

  39. Baker says that if a bulldog once gets hold, you have to use a red-hot poker to make him let go.

  40. Her English bulldog (with apparently a strain of Presbyterian blood in him) had an unerring scent for Jesuits.

  41. The suggested "modifications" were to substitute a parasol for the sword, a bulldog for the lion, and a pot of rouge for the rose.

  42. Old Bildad has got a bulldog what am as big as the New York City Hall.

  43. With that bulldog tenacity of his, he has learned them well.

  44. Hicks, I'll beard the bulldog in his kennel.

  45. He has a bulldog purpose to get an education, and nothing else matters.

  46. It seemed to the desperate Hicks that the bulldog was at his heels, and every instant he expected to feel those sharp teeth take hold of his anatomy!

  47. Oh, if we only had that bulldog here, to sick on you.

  48. His mind was on his studies, to which his bulldog purpose shackled him; he begrudged the time spent on Bannister Field; he was stolid, silent, aloof.

  49. As Buster Brown afterward stated, "Neither one would take the booby prize at a beauty show, but at that, the bulldog had a better chance than Bildad!

  50. It was evident to all that Thorwald was striving to become a collegian, and knowing his slow, bulldog nature, there was no doubt as to his ultimate success; hence T.

  51. Oh, I am so glad that old Bildad wasn't mean enough to put the bulldog after us, for he is dangerous.

  52. Fool, do you expect your miniature French bulldog or your toy-terrier to dive in and swim out to you, and hold your drowning carcase up, should you happen to become cramped while bathing in the sea?

  53. His strong left arm was round her slight waist, her wet cheek pressed against her Major's bulldog jowl.

  54. The cock crew, the cat called and the bulldog barked at these devoted soldiers.

  55. There was no trace left now of that queer stubborn sort of bulldog glory in the endurance of punishment which Jan had shown during the first half-dozen attacks.

  56. A moment later the Master had to hide a smile as he heard the owner of the bulldog whisper: "Nice beast.

  57. He was standing to his fearsome punishment like a bulldog now.

  58. The Stone bulldog made a picture of good-humored British stolidity, and if his hind quarters had been equal to his superbly massive front and marvelously "smashed-up" face he would have been tolerably sure of a win in any class.

  59. And like a bulldog he seemed, in a heavy, dogged way, and almost to glory in the bitter thrusts he took.

  60. Haw was a sandy-haired man with shifty, uneasy eyes; Terry of a bulldog type, stocky and powerful.

  61. He sicked his bulldog on to Toby and in about a minute Toby was taking that bulldog all apart.

  62. There was a saloon man over there owned a bulldog and he wanted that his bulldog and Toby should fight.

  63. With bulldog persistence he held to his purpose month after month, until almost a year had passed.

  64. The circumstances of the wreck of the Thetis in 1830 are notable, not so much for the gold and silver that went down in her, as for the heroic courage and bulldog persistence of the men who toiled to recover the treasure.

  65. You'll have to f-fight like a bulldog to travel back along that trail to a good name.

  66. Once let a bulldog on guard know that you do not want to take away or touch his carefully-guarded possessions, and that you are not in the least bit afraid of him, and all will be well.

  67. When a book called Bulldog Drummond was published there was no one prescient of the great success of the play which would be made from the story.

  68. For Cyril McNeile's new story The Black Gang, after the experience of Bulldog Drummond as a book and play, Americans will be better prepared.

  69. And Mister Robert Robin said to Mrs. Robin: "I hope that nice bulldog stays all summer!

  70. Then Mister Bulldog laughed and showed all his teeth and said, "The next time I see you, Kitty!

  71. I had no idea that a big bulldog lived here!

  72. And the farmer's Maltese cat growled at the big bulldog and said, "If my dog was here he would eat you up!

  73. The big bulldog laughed and showed all his teeth and said, "Come down and take a walk, Kitty!

  74. The big bulldog did not like cats, and if there was any one thing which he liked to do, it was to chase cats.

  75. And every time the farmer's big Maltese cat looked at the woods he said to himself, "That is the place where that bulldog lives!

  76. Pompey was a big brindled bulldog of terrifying aspect and angelic nature.

  77. She was awakened soon after midnight by the restless movements of a bulldog round her bed.

  78. In the night she was awakened by what she took to be her own bulldog prowling round her bed, yet its footsteps sounded strangely heavy.

  79. A bulldog with its heavy, slouching tread was moving about round her bed.

  80. The French bulldog was accustomed to sleep in the maid's room.

  81. At his elbow the bulldog eyed him gravely from the basket.

  82. There was a lengthy pause in which the bulldog looked earnestly at Archie and Archie looked earnestly at the bulldog.

  83. YOU didn't go running round after females with crimson hair, goggling at them with your eyes popping out of your head like a bulldog waiting for a bone.

  84. Then the light was switched on again, and the bulldog in the corner gave a welcoming woofle.

  85. On the other hand, Rossett could be easily recognised as a member of the bulldog race, a typical Englishman.

  86. He is a very brave young Englishman of the true bulldog breed, who is going to stick to his post oblivious of the consequences.


  87. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bulldog" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    adherent; adhesive; barnacle; bramble; brave; briar; brier; bulldog; burr; cement; deck; demigod; dog; down; drop; fell; floor; gallant; gamecock; glue; ground; gun; hero; heroine; hew; hound; leech; level; limpet; lion; man; molasses; mucilage; paladin; paste; plaster; precipitate; prickle; prostrate; raze; resolute; stalwart; sticker; syrup; thorn; throw; tiger; topple; trip; tumble; valiant