How to Use Yorkie in a Sentence

Yorkie

noun
  • There's lizards, there's pythons that eat your Yorkies.
    — EW.com, 2023-10-17
  • Lauren held out her arms, hoping to get some attention from her Yorkie.
    — Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2024-11-01
  • At a dive called the Yorkie Motel, Feds pound on Reacher’s door.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2025-02-20
  • Bentley, the family’s 13-year-old Yorkie, loves to keep watch out the living room windows.
    — Kelly Ryan Kegans, Country Living, 2023-08-23
  • Chewbacca, or Chuy for short, a 6-year-old Yorkie mix that was gifted to his owner during a low point in her life.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Others openly wondered about the whereabouts of the dancer’s teacup Yorkie BowBow.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 2023-05-01
  • Who could forget Gladys the bloodhound, who jumped like a kangaroo and ate a meat loaf off the back of the stove, or the teacup Yorkie that loved to hump its squeaky pig.
    — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 2024-10-06
  • Schwarzenegger says this lounging in a cabana on his 6-acre Brentwood estate with a palm-sized Yorkie named Noodle in his lap.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 2023-05-16
  • The American, who invariably appeared in stylish workout clothes, had recently emerged from cancer with a heart rate closer to that of a healthy Yorkie than an adult human.
    — Caity Weaver, New York Times, 2025-01-25
  • In Canada, home security cameras captured a Yorkie puppy escaping an eagle’s grip.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 2023-07-31
  • 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

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