How to Use bull terrier in a Sentence

bull terrier

noun
  • The boy ran after the bull terrier and tried to grab the dog.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Meanwhile, Tyra the miniature bull terrier also strutted her stuff in a first-round ring.
    — Jennifer Peltz, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Girlie, a homeless bull terrier found weeks ago in Long Island City, Queens.
    — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Blanca is a 6-year-old pit-bull terrier who has called EBHS home for the past eight months.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Nellie the miniature bull terrier puppy reacts with suspicion to a bowl of sparkling water.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
  • For four years, the bull terrier sat in the Cleveland dugout with Indians players during games.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Law enforcement and animal control officers located the pit bull terrier, which had blood around its face and mouth.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Esther Choi started to send her miniature bull terrier puppy, named Clyde, to day care in July.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Moon is a bull terrier, and Dodman believes the animal has a dog version of autism spectrum disorder.
    — Kathryn Bowers, Slate Magazine, 12 June 2017
  • Theodore Roosevelt’s bull terrier, Pete, chased a French ambassador up a tree.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Princess Anne has been spotted walking with her bull terriers at the Gatcombe Horse Trials.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Sep. 2018
  • Even deWildt’s own bull terrier, Sonny, plumped up during the height of the Boston-area shutdowns.
    — Kim Kavin, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Of all the famed fashion pets, there might not be one more iconic than Neville Jacobs, Marc Jacobs’s bull terrier.
    — Katherine Cusumano, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Thin or well-muscled dogs like greyhounds, Weimaraners, pit bull and bull terriers often don’t have much body fat to insulate their muscles and other tissues.
    — Karen Asp, Good Housekeeping, 29 Dec. 2017
  • Instead, the 10‑year‑old Staffordshire bull terrier, Rhaegar, simply wanted to ride the bus.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The arrival of a new dog seemed opportune — Dallas recently lost his friend Diesel, another rescue bull terrier.
    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • For ten years, Ellroy and Knode owned a red-furred bull terrier named Margaret, after his favourite British prime minister.
    — The Economist, 8 June 2019
  • At one moment, Wesley, a 52-pound bull terrier, was resting peacefully with his head in Ariel Sackett’s lap.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Then the bull terrier comes home later that afternoon, and starts to get suspicious about why his owners are acting uncharacteristically nice to him.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The star of the viral video, a Staffordshire bull terrier, is known for being an affectionate and intelligent breed with a big personality.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Previously, an English bull terrier Border collie mix was melting hearts on social media.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Other breeds in the terrier group are the bull terrier, Scottish terrier, and West Highland white terrier.
    — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The bull terrier was rescued by a Florida Highway patrol trooper and later renamed Trooper.
    — Tony Marrero, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
  • According to that research, the temperament of pit-bull terrier type dogs scored better than many other breeds’, including golden retrievers and border collies.
    — Phil Ferolito, The Seattle Times, 6 May 2018
  • Examples of this group include the West Highland white terrier, Scottish terrier and bull terrier.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023
  • For almost four years, Tommy, a Staffordshire bull terrier, was this millennial couple's main priority.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • According to the Wichita Eagle, the dog was a 35-to-40-pound English bull terrier.
    — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 22 June 2018
  • The bull terrier that stole hearts after it was tied to a fence and abandoned before Hurricane Milton ravaged Florida is now recovering in foster care.
    — Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Ginger is a bull terrier mix currently in the care of the Humane Society of Broward County in Florida for the second time in her life.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The rapper demonstrated his love for dogs in 2019, after a video of a young bull terrier being abandoned on the road in England by his owner just before Christmas went viral.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 13 June 2025

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