How to Use Maltese in a Sentence

Maltese

noun
  • Hackman had one son and two daughters with his first wife, Faye Maltese.
    — Ayana Archie, NPR, 2025-02-28
  • Hackman had three children — two daughters and a son — with his first wife, Faye Maltese.
    — Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 2025-03-03
  • The actor had three children with his late ex-wife, Faye Maltese, who died in 2017.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 2025-03-21
  • Hackman divorced his first wife, Faye Maltese, in 1986.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 2025-02-27
  • Finally, this week is 6-year-old Maltese, Brooklyn, a small dog with a love for the camera and striking a pose.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 2025-01-25
  • Yorkshire Terriers, lovable Maltese and even some toy dogs, who are very miniature in nature.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 2023-04-11
  • Flexible work arrangements and business objectives don’t have to be at odds, says Maltese.
    — Amber Burton, Fortune, 2023-04-13
  • Their mission – to invade the island of Corto Maltese to stop Project Starfish.
    — Grace Dean, Space.com, 2025-07-03
  • The frightened Maltese was swimming in circles, but Desalvo and his colleagues were able to pull her to safety.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 2025-05-10
  • In addition to the two people who were injured, a Maltese Shih Tzu dog was also attacked by the coyote.
    — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 2023-07-01
  • For the first time in 19 years, just two of us and our 12-pound Maltese Shih Tzu will be rattling around inside our family home.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Bonus points for writer Michael Maltese’s hilarious faux-French dialogue.
    — Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2024-03-11
  • Hers marks the first record that Maltese has produced entirely himself since 2020’s hushed and reflective Krystal.
    — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 2025-05-15
  • Yesterday the organization tweeted that the Maltese Government ordered two nearby merchant vessels not to help with rescue efforts.
    — Theara Coleman, The Week, 2023-04-11
  • The data and modeling concluded that there may be one cubic kilometer of fresh water offshore, enough to supply the population of the Maltese Islands for 75 years.
    — Rob L. Evans, Scientific American, 2023-06-15
  • Researchers published their findings on April 9 in Nature, and argue that as much as a millennium’s worth of Maltese prehistory may warrant reevaluation.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2025-04-09
  • The docks and logistics areas, which are managed by the Maltese Federation of Aquaculture Producers, are as tightly guarded as a military zone.
    — Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 2025-04-03
  • Working as independent contractors who aren’t reimbursed for travel expenses, making enough for groceries, clothing, the dogs (the couple have a Yorkie, a Maltese and a husky), the truck and the costs involved with having a baby can be a challenge.
    — Gina Ryder, Los Angeles Times, 2024-09-19
  • The physique and the woman’s nationality—Maltese—somehow precipitates something in the story between this rather English mother and daughter, the elegant, charming, louche mother and the uptight daughter.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 2023-09-03
  • Against the backdrop of segregation, disenfranchisement and violence, Martinez appears to have claimed a lineage – Maltese – that the 1910 census categorized as white.
    — Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 2025-05-14
  • Breeds include Belgian Malinois, Chihuahua, English bulldog, Labrador retriever, boxer, Maltese, French bulldog, German shepherd, husky, shih tzu and Lhasa apso.
    — Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

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