How to Use pet name in a Sentence

pet name

noun
  • Since then, the president has used it as a pet name for Cook.
    Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The most popular pet name based on food was Olive, which came in at number 18 among dogs.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Mary Travis still has her husband, Randy Travis, calling her a pet name nearly three decades into their romance.
    Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Pet owners can now provide RLPD with their contact information, pet name and description, rabies tag number, microchip number and photo of their pet.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In 1992, taxonomists named a lizard after Henry—Draco jareckii—which is either the most distinguished honorific in conservation history or the world's most expensive pet name.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The one that seems most poised to go mainstream is the haircut rocked by chief bestie Allie Hayes, or Allie-Cat according to her puck bud, college hockey star Dean Di Laurentis, who went ahead and put the pet in pet name.
    Elle Turner, Glamour, 18 June 2026

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