How to Use Great Dane in a Sentence

Great Dane

noun
  • The Great Dane is no slouch, either.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2025
  • What all of these dogs share—besides their Great Dane roots—is that they’re never framed as freak shows.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Without chainsaws, egrets, or the large Great Dane in the harlequin phase.
    — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Instead, Scooby will be played by a real-life Great Dane puppy.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • The Great Dane plans to continue serving the same menu until then, according to the news release.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The Great Dane puppy at the center of the mystery is, of course, Scooby-Doo himself.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Even the family’s frequent exposure to a pure Great Dane reinforced that belief.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Screenshots from a September 4 TikTok video of a Great Dane waiting at the neighbor's door to play with his doggy friend.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Nunez offers a beautifully insightful and moving account of a solitary writer in Manhattan who inherits a massive Great Dane from her friend who has died by suicide.
    — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • But, new research reveals that — despite their vast difference in size — these marine mammals often enjoy playful interactions, much like a Great Dane romping with a Chihuahua.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
  • However, a Great Dane–Poodle mix like Oakley is still relatively rare, but doodle-type dogs overall are increasingly showing up in shelters.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Besides its Hilldale location, The Great Dane has locations in downtown Madison, Fitchburg and East Madison.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The arrangement appeared to be working out well until that morning, when less than an hour after Loyalty's arrival, Miller called 911 to report that the boy had been mauled by her two Great Dane/Mastiff mixes.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Photographer and comedian Xander DePascale became a regular after visiting with Fitz, his Great Dane.
    — Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Great Dane and Corgi Have Puppies A Reddit user shared a photo of their unusual 7-month-old pup, adopted from an accidental litter from her Great Dane, Clementine, and a Pembroke Welsh corgi.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The series, which introduced supernatural mystery-solving teens Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers and their talking Great Dane Scooby-Doo, originally aired on CBS from 1969-76.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 June 2026
  • The series, which introduced supernatural mystery-solving teens Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers and their talking Great Dane Scooby-Doo, originally aired on CBS from 1969-76.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 June 2026

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