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Example sentences for "dachshund"

Lexicographically close words:
dabunt; dace; dacent; dacently; dacha; dachshunds; dacint; dacoit; dacoities; dacoits
  1. The dachshund has a wonderful nose and is a good worker with foxes as well as with ground animals, though his peculiar build best fits him for the latter.

  2. It looks like a large dachshund with a bloodhound head.

  3. The next year her owner sent her on a visit to a pure Dachshund dog, but the produce took quite as much of the first father as the second, and the next year he sent her to another Dachshund with the same result.

  4. A friend of mine near this had a very valuable Dachshund bitch, which most unfortunately had a litter by a stray sheep-dog.

  5. To-day, the news of the war has been very good for the Germans, and the Dachshund has been positively unbearable.

  6. As the dogs who had been growling about the Dachshund left, they threw furious backward glances at the conceited little scamp who ran up to me, and licked gratefully a little piece of mud off my back.

  7. They stared at me, and the Dachshund threw me a grateful glance.

  8. You must respect the rights of other dogs, and not impose your little Dachshund will on us.

  9. The dog breed name Dachshund is capitalized in this book, while other breed names are not capitalized.

  10. Off hopped Mr. Dachshund across the Drive, keeping a bright look-out for policemen, and I felt that in future he would be friendly with the griffon.

  11. His mind was full of the strange behaviour of the serpentine dachshund and the other dogs.

  12. Then, they had gone but a few steps into the hall when a slim and serpentine dachshund trotted forward to greet them.

  13. Heinrich, with the dachshund at his heels, entered bearing a tray with a bottle of wine and some slices of heavy fruit cake.

  14. Beside him a glossy-coated dachshund wagged furiously, after having barked once as a matter of duty.

  15. He would wag his beard deprecatingly and mutter a shamefaced apology, smiling again when the little black dachshund came trotting to sniff at the spilt soda and rasp the wet floor with her bright tongue.

  16. Whenever he saw a motor coming he halted, the little black dachshund would look up at him, and he would stoop ponderously down, pick her up and carry her in his arms until all danger was past.

  17. The little dachshund came scampering into the shop and frisked about my feet.

  18. His Minna, a frail little woman with a shawl round her shoulders, would come out into the store and talk to us, too, and their pet dachshund would frolic at our feet.

  19. This dachshund is In one foot crippled, rabies from his sires Lies dormant in him, in a day of heat Froth from his mouth will break, his eyes will roll Like buttons made of pearl with glints of green.

  20. Then pants and wags his tail, and little dreams A dachshund in an early day to come Will drive him from the kennel and the bone He loves to crunch and suck.

  21. Well, 'Twas wise to hide munitions back of skirts, And frocks of little children, most unwise For Dachshund William to destroy the skirts And frocks to sink munitions, since the wearers Happened to be Americans.

  22. A pathetic-eyed yard or so of brown dachshund and a tortoise-shell kitten completed the party.

  23. The dachshund gave a sigh and flopped down on the path, and the kitten began a toilet for want of better employment.

  24. She sat down obediently and the dachshund immediately shifted its quarters and wedged itself in between her feet.

  25. The dachshund and kitten continued to watch with absorbing interest, and Nevil continued to smoke and to let Charlotte investigate his cigarette case till her mother turned round and saw her.

  26. The origin of the Dachshund is not very clear.

  27. As a companion in the house the Dachshund has perhaps no compeer.

  28. To rear Dachshund puppies successfully you must not overload them with fat--give them strengthening food that does not lay on flesh.

  29. In disposition the Dachshund is full of spirit, defiant when attacked, aggressive even to foolhardiness when attacking; in play amusing and untiring; by nature wilful and unheeding.

  30. Dachshund means "badger dog," and it is a title fairly and squarely earned in his native Germany.

  31. The Dachshund was first introduced to this country in sufficient numbers to merit notice in the early 'sixties, and, speedily attracting notice by his quaint formation and undoubted sporting instincts, soon became a favourite.

  32. He was credited with being the most perfect Dachshund that had ever been seen in England, and probably as good as anything in Germany.

  33. He has deteriorated in type, lost grit and sense, too, and is often a parody of the true type of Dachshund that is to be found in his native land.

  34. Am I my aunt Tabitha's dachshund bitch called Bella," said Argyle, in his musical, indifferent voice.

  35. Not the very least in the world--if it hadn't been that my elder Aunt Tabitha had christened her dachshund bitch Bella.

  36. They even had one mean, sneaky-looking dachshund there; I just couldn't trust a dog like that.

  37. The next year the owner sent her on a visit to a pure Dachshund dog, but the produce took quite as much of the first father as the second, and the next year he sent her to another Dachshund, with the same result.

  38. After giving various examples he goes on to say: 'A friend of mine near this had a valuable Dachshund bitch, which most unfortunately had a litter by a stray sheep-dog.

  39. And Solomon," as the dachshund walked in solemnly, "Solomon has dined too, but he stays behind for a nap.

  40. He was stroking Solomon's soft back half absently, and pondering something in his mind, which the sight of his dachshund had recalled to his memory.

  41. Few people know how wonderful, intelligent, and sagacious a dachshund can become under proper treatment.

  42. But the dachshund paid no attention to him; he trotted back to the house as fast as his short legs could carry him.

  43. The dachshund barked angrily; the cook did not set him free, but hurried forward himself to eject the intruder; and as he did so, in some way his foot slipped, and he came down full length on the grass with a thud.

  44. If one were a dachshund one would either have to coil up or else remain partly outdoors.

  45. It is the theory that one could live afloat in this hunting cabin--and so one could if one were only a dachshund and inured to exposure.

  46. It is plenty wide enough for the average dachshund and plenty high enough, too, but not more than about two-thirds long enough.

  47. The Dachshund is also invaluable for finding wounded deer; for which purpose the hunter usually chains the dog, who then leads his master over the trail to locate the game.

  48. The color of the Dachshund is of great variety, the original stock being black and tan, from which later developed chocolate and tan, gray and tan and single color red, ranging from fawn to dark mahogany red.

  49. A gift of a Dachshund was considered a token of high esteem.

  50. Mark Twain remarked about a dachshund that it seemed to want another pair of legs in the middle to prevent it sagging.

  51. It must not curl over the back, this being one of the worst faults a Dachshund can have.

  52. Some few years since the Dachshund was an exceedingly fashionable variety of dog, chiefly as a lady's companion.

  53. The so-called Toy Dachshund or Spiel Dachs are a diminutive production of the smallest Terrier-type of the variety, but not specially sought after, at least in this country.

  54. The Dachshund Club, and the Northern Dachshund Association, are the two principal societies, in this country, presiding over the interests of the breed.

  55. I furthermore observed that notwithstanding the temperature--it was not a whit less than ninety degrees in the shade--the legs and stomach of the dachshund were covered with mud and dripping with water.

  56. I spend most of the day playing with two dachshund puppies.

  57. Hella sent me a lovely picture: Maternal Happiness, a dachshund with two puppies, simply sweet.

  58. The Duck, who was educated in divers practices, offered his services as doctor, but the Dachshund would not have him.

  59. The Dachshund was playing tag with a Chinese Pug, and he fell through the trap-door.

  60. I appeal to you, Sir, as a lover of justice and animals, to put this matter right with the public, for the life that a British dachshund has to lead at the present moment is what is vulgarly known as a dog's life.

  61. Radowitz stooped down to try and tempt Lady Marcia's dachshund with a piece of cake.

  62. He sat with the dachshund on his knees, alternately pulling out and folding its long ears.


  63. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dachshund" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.