How to Use rottweiler in a Sentence

rottweiler

noun
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  • The fourth, a black and brown rottweiler who was tethered to the fence in the front yard greeted the visitors with a tail wag.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • In came the electric fences and razor wire and rottweilers.
    — Mark Yarm, WIRED, 16 July 2013
  • A rottweiler was chained to a metal stake in the yard and three more pit bulls were running freely on the property, the report says.
    — Amanda Harris, charlotteobserver, 17 May 2017
  • Hopefully the search will pull out a rottweiler which barks early – and bites.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Ralph is a rambunctious rottweiler mix who likes to bury his bones, howl at sirens and wiggle into bushes to scratch his back.
    — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity.com, 2 June 2017
  • The dogs involved include Kato and Kleo, a pair of Rottweilers who have been held since being ordered destroyed in 2012.
    — Washington Post, 10 July 2017
  • Someone spotted the 9-month-old rottweiler mix puppies trying to stay warm on a filthy blanket.
    — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Like a rottweiler that made its way to the pound complete with a microchip still registered to its original owners.
    — Vinny Vella, Courant Community, 4 May 2017
  • Nisel, a one-year-old rottweiler, really enjoys chasing her pet ducks in the backyard in Hopewell Township.
    — CBS News, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Her rival on the other hand has grown more relaxed, holding his own against the same interviewer who has a reputation for being a rottweiler in his style of questioning.
    — Bloomberg.com, 29 May 2017
  • Dawson said that happened before with the family’s rottweilers.
    — Aric Chokey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 July 2017
  • The Gilbert resident was used to calls from people at odd hours wanting to surrender their rottweilers to her pet-adoption charity, Rotten Rottie Rescue.
    — Rebekah L. Sanders, azcentral, 26 June 2018
  • Ezekiel Elliott is in trouble again because of his dogs after two people were hospitalized on Thursday after his rottweiler got loose and bit them, according to a report.
    — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 23 May 2021
  • The 26 breeds represented range from retrievers and rottweilers to terriers (Scottish, cairn and Jack Russell), pugs and Pomeranians.
    — Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The animals were eventually caught but not before one -- a rottweiler belonging to Elliott -- was able to bite two people sending them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
    — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 23 May 2021
  • The couple previously had two other dogs together: Momo, another rottweiler, and Ginger, a German shepherd.
    — Cristin Espinosa, Dallas News, 10 May 2021

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