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How to use thoroughbred in a sentence

14 example sentences · adjective, noun

Thoroughbred means bred from pure stock. Example: “That athlete is a real thoroughbred.”

Examples of thoroughbred by meaning

nounA person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).

  • That athlete is a real thoroughbred.

More sentences with thoroughbred

  • But the captain’s eyes were on their horses—thoroughbreds, although one carried a pack.1955, Denton Whitson, chapter 2, in The Governor’s Daughter, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 23. From the entry pannierwise
  • I like both kinds of racing, thoroughbred and standardbred.2008, J. D. Carpenter, Twelve Trees, Canada: Dundurn Press, page 24. From the entry trots
  • If anyone in the highborn sport known as thoroughbred horse racing has swagger these days, it is Baffert.2002 May 28, Kevin B. Blackistone, “Baffert trained for the spotlight”, in The Dallas Morning News. From the entry highborn
  • "If there is one drug that does not belong in the body of the thoroughbred it is etorphine.1985 November 28, Bill Marx, “‘Elephant juice’ drug found in Breeders' Cup turf horse”, in Orlando Sentinel, archived from the original on…. From the entry elephant juice
  • Miss Hepburn, an elegant thoroughbred, just doesn't look like the type of girl who would live strictly for kicks.1961 July, Photoplay, New York, N.Y.: Macfadden Publications, →OCLC, page 54. From the entry kooky
  • Believe me, you can get an old knacker for cheap at the glue yard, but it won't carry you as far as a thoroughbred!2014, K. Bannerman, Mark of the Magpie, page 170. From the entry knacker
  • At the Saratoga racetrack, the secret agent blends in with the thoroughbred set by drinking Old-Fashioneds and “Bourbon and Branch” (i.e., whiskey and water).2009, Eric Felten, How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well, Agate Publishing, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry bourbon and branch
  • She was dismayed by this unusual display of independence and took herself off to make water which she did with enough noise for four thoroughbreds.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 907. From the entry make water
  • He had a whoopingly joyful time for several miles, with his swift thoroughbred racing just behind or at the side of the big Plains animal.1976, Thomas Bailey Marquis, Keep the last bullet for yourself: the true story of Custer's last stand, page 25. From the entry whoopingly
  • What he saw was a well-breeched man holding the reins of a thoroughbred horse, a man whose dignity did not preclude his saddling the pony of a ragged priest.2010, P. J. Keogh, In Those Blighted Fields, page 242. From the entry well-breeched
  • It was a commission from a man who did not own thoroughbreds, so Stubbs was able to arrange a group of idealized horses in a friezelike composition.2007 February 16, Wendy Moonan, “Not Just Horses, Mind You, From George Stubbs”, in New York Times. From the entry friezelike
  • Ellerslie is the most noted of modern Virginia thoroughbreed breeding establishments, and Eon, who was bred there, is one of the grandest looking thoroughbred stallions ever stripped.1903, The Southern Planter, volume 64, page 457. From the entry thoroughbreed
  • I prefer both sire and dam to be well-bred, but a well-bred mare and an underbred horse will produce a faster animal than a thoroughbred horse and an underbred mare.1902, Frank Sherman Peer, Cross country with horse and hound. From the entry underbred

Meaning of thoroughbred

  1. adjective Bred from pure stock.
  2. adjective Well-bred and properly educated.
  3. noun Any purebred horse.

Full definition of thoroughbred

Questions about thoroughbred in a sentence

How do you use thoroughbred in a sentence?
Thoroughbred is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “That athlete is a real thoroughbred.”
What is a short sentence with thoroughbred?
“That athlete is a real thoroughbred.”
What does thoroughbred mean?
Thoroughbred means bred from pure stock.

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