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How to use poodle in a sentence

26 example sentences · noun, verb

Poodle means a breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy. Example: “I felt so emotional seeing my three-legged poodle win first prize.”

More sentences with poodle

  • I felt so emotional seeing my three-legged poodle win first prize.From the entry emotional
  • She's showing her poodle at the dog show.From the entry show
  • While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.From the entry kennel
  • The poodles have regular playdates on weekday mornings.From the entry playdate
  • Personally, I never much cared for poo dogs of any kind, especially poodles.2007, Renee Riva, Saving Sailor, David C. Cook, page 64. From the entry poo
  • Description: pointy ears, bushy tails and a sweet tooth for poodle and cat.2007 May 30, Joey Bunch, “Suburban pet peeve: coyotes”, in The Denver Post. From the entry sweet tooth
  • Now there are dozens of mixes, most of which are a poodle blend.2007, Earl Mindell, Elizabeth Renaghan, Dr. Earl Mindell’s Nutrition and Health for Dogs, Basic Health Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 117. From the entry goldendoodle
  • Henry’s great-great-great-second-nephew, Louis XIV, also an ailurophobiac, kept scores of toy poodles, Chien Gris de St.1994, David Comfort, The First Pet History of the World, New York, N. Y.: Fireside, →ISBN, page 128. From the entry ailurophobiac
  • The terrier had got the poodle by the left hind-leg and was restating his war-aims.1925, P.G. Wodehouse, The Adventures of Sally. From the entry fletcherize
  • Did the mother of Napoleon waste her time crying because her poodle had the colic?1900, Addison McClung Brownlee, Sermons from the Tripod, page 48. From the entry dog-hearted
  • In the foreground of the photograph were the splintered remains of a pink poodle barometer promising fair weather.2017, Sophie Hénaff, The Awkward Squad. From the entry bombsite
  • Don't free-feed your poodle while you're housetraining.2004, The Everything Poodle Book, →ISBN. From the entry free-feed
  • I am crocheting soda pop poodles and dollyn fridgy magnets!1997 October 28, Christal, “What are you working on now?”, in rec.crafts.textiles.yarn (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Dec 2025. From the entry fridgy
  • Marie, still a teenager, giggled and jumped up and down in her black and white saddle Oxfords, her favorite poodle skirt dancing along.2016 October, Clayton H. Ramsey, “The Lionhearted”, in The Treasure Trove: A Collection of Prose and Poetry, CreateSpace, →ISBN…. From the entry saddle oxford
  • Mia, a Westiepoo and Zoe, a tiny poodle, both of Fort Mill, have been best friends since Mia was 8 weeks old.2014 January 22, “Pet of the week: Mia and Zoe”, in Fort Mill Times, volume 121, number 04, page 2A. From the entry Westiepoo
  • Boston terriers and bulldogs, poodles and Pomeranians; there was even a pair of Mexican hairlesses, who looked like they'd had thirty rounds of chemotherapy.2012, Marieke Hardy, Michaela McGuire, Sincerely: Women of Letters. From the entry hairless
  • Other dogs competing in Best in Show were a standard poodle, a Scottish terrier, a puli, a Brussels griffon and a Scottish deerhound.2009 February 11, Katie Thomas, “10-Year-Old Spaniel Completes Comeback”, in New York Times. From the entry puli
  • Hyams, the doting owner of a gray poodle (“she wore it like a brooch,” said one neighbor), organized pet play dates on her floor.2008 June 23, Susan Dominus, “Uniting Neighbors, in Fun and Sorrow”, in New York Times. From the entry intrabuilding
  • White french poodles are the worst.2007, Renee Riva, Saving Sailor, David C. Cook, page 64. From the entry poo
  • Some of the most political dykes in town had already converted, tossing out their Levi's and Birkenstocks in favor of poodle skirts and heels.1986 [1984], Armistead Maupin, Babycakes (Tales of the City), pages 64–65. From the entry femme
  • John and Julie have four dogs: a rat-poo, which is a rat terrier mixed with a toy poodle, a yorkie poo, a poogle and my favorite, a shih-tzu poo.2013, Trish Felice Cohen, Maternity Leave, Bella Books. From the entry poogle
  • Hosaka, nearly everyone agrees, is a master of detail, an artist who tends his poodles’ poufs as if they were bonsai trees from his native Japan.2009 February 10, Katie Thomas, “The Poodle Can’t Talk Now; She’s in With Her Stylist”, in New York Times. From the entry pouf
  • So-called designer dogs became popular a decade ago, beginning with the Labradoodle and other poodle crosses that sought to affix the poodle’s relatively nonshedding coat to other breeds.2007 February 4, Jon Mooallem, “The Modern Kennel Conundrum”, in New York Times. From the entry nonshedding
  • I lug my stuff out to the ute and drive out of this lovely surburb with its old trees and young cafés, espresso and friands, poodles and BMWs.2005, Amanda Hampson, The Olive Sisters, unnumbered page. From the entry friand
  • With his silly toupee, like the coat of a shaggy poodle, and his tight Continental tailoring, ill suited to his hogshead physique, Mel was a vision of disingenuousness.1999, Scott Turow, chapter 46, in Personal Injuries, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 187. From the entry hogshead
  • I managed to purchase a square-cut early sixties coat in a fabric we used to call poodle cloth for the price of a kebab and chips on The Smoke.1977, Angela Carter, “The Paris of the North”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 218. From the entry poodle cloth

Meaning of poodle

  1. noun A breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy.
  2. noun A person servile towards someone whom they consider their superior.
  3. verb To wear a partial fursuit, typically the head and hands, while showing one's skin.

Full definition of poodle

Questions about poodle in a sentence

How do you use poodle in a sentence?
Poodle is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I felt so emotional seeing my three-legged poodle win first prize.”
What is a short sentence with poodle?
“White french poodles are the worst.”
What does poodle mean?
Poodle means a breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy.

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