Example Sentences

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A lot of guys go in, make a sheep-dog pass, and run to the fence.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 10, 2015

The most notable new addition is Lucky, the roly-poly sheep-dog puppy that has captured everybody's heart and one presidential sock, which she chews with relish.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Ba-a-a-a-a" bleat 2,000 "woollies" as they start forward harried by the sheep-dog at their flanks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Selling sheep dogs is his business and many of his sales are made at sheep-dog trials.

From Time Magazine Archive

And as for the bottle, the misthress wrote down for me," said John Kane, his eye rounding up his audience like a sheep-dog, "I got me 'nough with the same bottle.

From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin