black dog
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of black dog
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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And the Barghest was a spectre who took the form of a bear or a black dog with large, flaming eyes as big as saucers.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
For Marina Kozulina, a 50-something Kyiv woman walking her little black dog near a half-ruined tank, the military detritus in the square has become more a reminder of peril than triumph.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Tár tries to follow a comely cellist into her apartment, but instead encounters a dank basement and a hulking black dog that recalls the maybe-supernatural Hound of the Baskervilles.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
When the black dog, as Winston Churchill called his depression, nipped at his heels, Buchwald turned to humor, “the greatest defense in the world.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
Suddenly, while Jody watched, the black dog stiffened, and backed out of the hole and looked up the hill toward the cleft in the ridge where the road came through.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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