How to Use dachshund in a Sentence

dachshund

noun
  • Looked just like my other dachshund as a pup.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Yep, dachshunds dressed in fancy clothes, as cars, and, of course, as hot dogs!
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2018
  • Where might a mischievous dachshund hide their leash?
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Leclerc is a dog dad, too, with a one-year-old dachshund named Leo.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2025
  • On the street, three dachshunds in pink down jackets were sniffing around in a tree pit.
    — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Charlie the dachshund tries to open up a paddling pool; and sits in a car.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Slinky the rescue dachshund lying on the grass.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Among other Velcro breeds are dachshunds.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The scene cuts to hundreds of dachshunds decked out in hot dog attire sprinting down a grassy hill.
    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • There are race cars, people on the beach singing, and my dachshund walking across the street.
    — Sarah Yang, House Beautiful, 23 Aug. 2013
  • Breeds in the hound group include bloodhounds, dachshunds, and greyhounds.
    — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Each dachshund has a spit of warm water in a dish, a tablespoon, maybe.
    — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Lindsay, meanwhile, has a dachshund to find.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • This is a lovely way to soothe your dachshund during high-stress moments.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The mini dachshund tries to keep up as much as possible.
    — Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Small breeds like Chihuahuas and dachshunds live 14-20 years.
    — Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • One day, the wire-haired dachshund mix was home in Antelope.
    — Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The dachshund sat in the front seat, scanning the outside for someone to walk past.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • How did Mazikeen the mini dachshund get her name?
    — Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2025
  • An upscale couple in facemasks and leather gloves trailed their prim and glossy dachshund.
    — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
  • My pet dachshund is slightly overweight.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But dachshunds are increasingly hot dogs.
    — Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • In the short video, the dachshund is seen lying across his owner's bed as a hand reaches in to move him.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But this woody vine can escape the arbor and head up a tree faster than a squirrel with a dachshund on its trail.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
  • Officers also found a dachshund named George was found dead in the home as well.
    — Gal Tziperman Lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 July 2017
  • Her luggage in tow, Limas sprints to the tiny dachshund, then drops to her knees and picks him up.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Across from the flat screen, a couch, and curled on that couch, Bella, her chihuahua-dachshund mix.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2019
  • Two neighbors pinned the bull terrier to the ground as the dog was still biting the dachshund’s neck.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The bull terrier, which was on a leash, pulled away from the children and attacked the dachshund.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • On one side, the video creator's dachshund waits eagerly in front of the flap, tail wagging.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025

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