Canine

//ˈkeɪnaɪn//

"Canine" in a Sentence (21 examples)

I snapped the thread on my canine.

Lieutenant Dan Anderson sent a canine team to the crime scene.

This is a canine tooth.

The dog's laboured breathing and glazing eye showed that it was not far from its end. Indeed, its snow-white muzzle proclaimed that it had already exceeded the usual term of canine existence.

In winter, huge elephant seal males with large elephant-like noses and long canine teeth engage in bloody battles to establish territories and harems of females.

Canine animals serve in the U.S. military in dangerous situations.

Don't forget to bring your canine companion.

The friendly canine had been a favorite at the shelter.

In the short time they’ve known her, the couple have already learned a lot about their canine companion, including the fact that she’s a picky eater.

The dogs have proved so popular that some passengers have lined up voluntarily to be sniffed by the canine threesome.

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Two canine animals in a time of dearth, may be truly said to struggle with each other which shall get food and live.

We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. […] I accepted the care of the canine patient.

Police in a West Springfield arrested a man named Kenneth Appleby and suggested that he might be a local version of Houston's Dean Corll (this was before John Gacy's Illinois murders had been discovered). Appleby's yard was dug up, but the only bones discovered was canine.

A lost dog sniffed around the flower beds wishing it had some canine company[…]

In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine—positively.

I look for reflections, in your face Canine devotion, time can't erase Out on the corner, locked in your room I never believe them and I never assume

Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.

Whatever the case, the pair’s adventure certainly became famous in 2016, when a large dating program of fossils and artefacts from Chauvet Cave, which included the smear of charcoal discarded by the child, confirmed that the tracks constitute the oldest unequivocal evidence of a relationship between humans and canines.

The canine ran across the room to the open window, put his front paws on the sill and pointed his nose at the sidewalk below.

He tried to push Kissu into his cage, but the cougar charged back out and sank his canines into Wilson's rump.

You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine") in your pocket.

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