housebroken
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of housebroken
Example Sentences
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After the increasingly disastrous three “Jurassic World” movies, which were vacuums of appeal as their star Chris Pratt plodded about bemoaning his precious housebroken velociraptors, the “Jurassic” series desperately needed a shot in the arm.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025
I’m domesticated, housebroken, and I cook a mean minestrone.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2019
Dr. Brazelton told the Times that the idea that a child should be housebroken like a puppy was “very logical — for a puppy.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2018
Brazelton told the Times that the idea that a child should be housebroken like a puppy was “very logical – for a puppy.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2018
Here I’d left a sweet, well-mannered, housebroken cat behind and they were dragging along two disgusting, smelly, flea-covered monkeys.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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