How to Use Great Pyrenees in a Sentence

Great Pyrenees

noun
  • Ardal is a Great Pyrenees mix with a white spot on his neck and white paws and chest.
    — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Our tester has a Great Pyrenees who often rides in the backseat of their car.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Great Danes played outside while the Great Pyrenees watched over the goats.
    — Andrea Ball, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022
  • He is not trained to be a livestock guardian as many purebred Great Pyrenees are.
    — Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Our tester has a 90-pound Great Pyrenees who, for the most part, did well with this bowl.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Jahnke pulled out his phone to show a video of wolves encountering his Great Pyrenees one night.
    — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The slain dog, a Great Pyrenees, also was shot multiple times.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Great Pyrenees are protective but can be challenging to train.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • But Teresa came out with Bucky, her 1-year-old Great Pyrenees.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • Like all Great Pyrenees, pure or mixed breed, Spot will require secure fencing and a yard.
    — Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Today, the two Great Pyrenees puppies are all fluffy, friendly, almost-bear-sized dogs.
    — cincinnati.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • After a few weeks, the infant pack of Great Pyrenees began to move, and the hen showed interest in them.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
  • Miranda revealed that Thelma, one of her Great Pyrenees dogs, has died.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 26 July 2023
  • Also in the home are the couple’s Great Pyrenees rescue dogs, Ruby and Roy.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2023
  • With her lives a full menagerie of animals, including cats, birds, horses, and a pack of enormous Great Pyrenees dogs.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Great Pyrenees and Rottweilers are both working dog breeds, bred for guarding and assisting tasks.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The 7-month-old Great Pyrenees pup tried to play it off casually when she got caught out, but there was no denying her mischief.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Hercules is a 16-month-old Great Pyrenees/Australian Shepherd blend.
    — The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2021
  • During the incident, Wierwille's five other Great Pyrenees dogs herded the farm's sheep away from the chaos.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Knox is a Great Pyrenees and Labrador mix who, despite weighing 77 pounds, is considered something of a softy.
    — Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Bear, Margaret Pless’s 120-pound Great Pyrenees, was unimpressed by human-grade dog food.
    — Julie Creswell, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Polly has met some families who seemed like solid matches, but the connections didn't turn out to be the right fit for the Great Pyrenees/collie mix.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In honor of its namesake, a Great Pyrenees named Mojo, the kitchen also serves patties, chicken and fried eggs for doggy diners.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
  • Keeping an eye on all the goings-on in the barnyard is Dozer, the family’s Great Pyrenees dog, who weighs over 150 pounds.
    — John S. Matuszak, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Patches now lives with Beaman and her family, which includes an older Great Pyrenees who is excited to have a little sister.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Their farm, just off a main highway, is filled with chickens and turkeys roaming freely under the watch of Nova, a white Great Pyrenees, and several other dogs.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Smith, an influencer and Wallen's ex, adopted the Great Pyrenees in April 2022 from a rescue shelter.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • One Great Pyrenees lopes over to say hello while another looks out from behind greenery flanking the porch’s Whiteselle Corsicana brick steps.
    — Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Long-haired and thick-coated dogs, such as huskies, Great Pyrenees or Akitas, that can better withstand the cold should still not be left outside for long periods of time during a cold front.
    — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The size of a 9-month-old puppy has shocked the internet as viewers reacted to just how large one young German shepherd crossed with a Great Pyrenees has already become.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025

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