Example Sentences

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Dog-walkers and their dogs also enjoy the park, as do dogless, bird-indifferent people who live nearby and just want a quiet oasis.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022

I’ve been dogless since our beloved cockapoo, Taffy, crossed the rainbow bridge years ago.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2019

And here we are: I’m 35, and partnerless, childless, dogless.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2016

So Ned, homeless and dogless, journeys to Brooklyn, crashing with each of his sisters and upending their metropolitan routines with his cheerful, guileless, earthy spirit.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2011

Thankfully, since living in Marlow Hill, his walks home had been dogless.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds