How to Use Great Dane in a Sentence

Great Dane

noun
  • One year, a Great Dane snatched a steak from a guest’s plate.
    — Beth Thames, al, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The Great Dane is no slouch, either.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2025
  • No one was brave enough to approach this Great Dane with a ruler.
    — Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • 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
  • Last year, a Great Dane named Zeus was declared the tallest living dog in the world.
    — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The boxer, Great Dane and rottweiler are among the breeds in the working group.
    — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Then there is his massive, sorrowful Great Dane, who now belongs to her.
    — The Atlantic, 16 May 2022
  • Kevin, a 4-year-old Great Dane, was recently named the world’s tallest living dog.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
  • Without chainsaws, egrets, or the large Great Dane in the harlequin phase.
    — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • In the battle of Great Dane versus Cupcake, the winner is us.
    — Julie Klausner, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Toy poodles can live 18 years or more, while the average Great Dane is lucky to live half that long.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, Scooby will be played by a real-life Great Dane puppy.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • King’s dog, Otis, a black-and-white Great Dane mix, walks around the corner and bounds up the driveway toward us.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2022
  • Looking at a Great Dane next to a Chihuahua can be pretty comical.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Reginald, who goes by Reggie, is a 7-year-old Great Dane from Idaho.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • The film opens both before and after the arrival of Apollo, the Great Dane at its center.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
  • What’s small to a Great Dane puppy is likely to be much different when compared to a Yorkie.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The story centers on a woman (Watts) who gains custody of her late mentor’s Great Dane.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 5 May 2025
  • The dog that appears in the movie is a Great Dane named Bing, who weighs 151 pounds and can look pensive on cue.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The Great Dane plans to continue serving the same menu until then, according to the news release.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Pity the poor actor who has to co-star opposite a 150-pound harlequin Great Dane.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Meeker was inspired to get into the dog-friendly air travel business by his late Great Dane, Hugo.
    — Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
  • The Great Dane puppy at the center of the mystery is, of course, Scooby-Doo himself.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The record-breaking pup, Kevin, is eight inches taller than the average male Great Dane (about two feet and six inches tall).
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
  • The clip wondered who was going to tell him that Luka, a Great Dane, would have a growth spurt and could weigh up to 200 pounds?
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In the video, the concerned Great Dane nudges his brother, unconvinced by Glyn's gentle assurances.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Even the family’s frequent exposure to a pure Great Dane reinforced that belief.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The owners of a Great Dane were left in hysterics at the lengths a veterinarian had to go to stop their pet getting at his stitches after surgery.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Mia’s 7-week-old puppies scrambled around the yard and between the legs of Keith’s massive but mindful Great Dane, Maya.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Plus, the cover of the novel had an illustration of a Great Dane on it—a Harlequin Dane, white with black spots, in a red collar.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024

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