How to Use eared in a Sentence

eared

adjective
  • Dobby is the first four-eared cat to come through their doors.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Not all the books are in great shape – some are dog-eared or slightly frayed.
    — Radhika Iyengar, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2021
  • The pointy-eared imp has even pulled off plenty of their own pranks on the dogs too.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • This lovable droopy-eared dog sleeps on top of his doghouse.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Gone are the days of dusty travel agencies and dog-eared brochures.
    — Fox News, 11 June 2017
  • Even the Marines are ready to fight for the northern long-eared bat.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 12 July 2018
  • Two men, two benches, one table, two stools and one dog-eared deck of cards.
    — Joanne Turnbull, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
  • Stock some koi, goldfish and even red-eared slider turtles in it.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023
  • Labubu, that line of round, wide eyed, pointy eared plush collectibles, is coming to the screen.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Dec. 2025
  • My copy is full of underlines, notes on the margins and dog-eared pages.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Is there one that is stained and dog-eared with little notes scribbled in the margins?
    — The Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
  • But Craig was his own guy, surly, hunky, bat-eared and unpredictably coiled.
    — Michael Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Meet Van Gogh the dog, a one-eared canine with an eye for painting.
    — CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
  • But fate threw back to the salty lake when her first job out of college turned out to be studying eared grebes on the lake.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2021
  • My dog-eared copy has survived numerous book purges and cross-country moves.
    — Lisawhill, Longreads, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The other, Rivet, is a wide-eyed, floppy-eared girl with blue fur.
    — Reid McCarter, Wired, 4 Sep. 2021
  • But almost a third of short-eared dog habitat could be lost by 2027.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2020
  • The Parks are nice, though, sort of, in their condescending, tin-eared way.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Others, like the northern long-eared bat, have ranges spanning 37 states.
    — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 30 July 2019
  • Meet the great eared nightjar, a rather mystical-looking bird.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • There's a whole group of foxes, and also something called the maned wolf, and the bush dog, and the short-eared dog.
    — National Geographic, 23 June 2020
  • Most of the books were dog-eared, broken in, and worn out from the years of little hands taking them on and off the shelves.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 30 June 2026
  • Dobby is the first four-eared cat the shelter has ever encountered.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The floppy-eared, playful dogs, ranging in age from two weeks to four years, were checked out and cleaned up by shelter staff.
    — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, 6 July 2021
  • From frisky little kittens to floppy-eared pups, there’s no question that pets hold a special place in our hearts.
    — Laura Lajiness, House Beautiful, 6 Jan. 2021
  • As for what these glorious creatures sound like, the great eared nightjar's piercing call can be heard at dawn and dusk.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Inga Cotton has learned to love the Zen of the red-eared slider turtle.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Her tin-eared response to the egos of potential patrons was often as much to blame as the rawness of her imagery.
    — Washington Post, 15 July 2021
  • This sweet corner bookmark will save her future books from getting dog-eared while adding a sweet, handmade touch with her initial.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The dog-eared line about the journey eclipsing the destination applied.
    — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021

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