How to Use retriever in a Sentence

retriever

noun
  • Petry is a puck-retriever who can help get his team out of his own.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Doan is a great puck retriever, which pairs so well with his high-end skill.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Teach retrievers to sit and stay, and only train bird dogs to stay.
    — Tom Keer, Outdoor Life, 11 May 2020
  • Lab retrievers are known to be water dogs.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Frankie is a golden retriever whose only goals in life are to please and chase.
    — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity.com, 2 June 2017
  • The arms must extend like golf ball retrievers to rush the passer.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 20 May 2026
  • Rigby is a good retriever, but the idea of working hard to find a live bird hasn’t caught on with him yet.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The retriever of the cross is believed to receive a year of blessings.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Bring chairs and a picnic, but don’t bring the retriever or the rosé, since dogs and alcohol are both banned.
    — Nancy Depalma, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2023
  • My boy retriever is just as dramatic.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Such discussions are as timeless as the smiling eyes of a retriever with fresh marsh mud on her feet.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2017
  • The Retrievers won three times over the weekend to capture the title.
    — baltimoresun.com, 28 May 2017
  • The five retrievers at Newark Airport were from the Tri-state area.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Ghosh warned Blake and Zara that their retriever might never be retrieved.
    — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Roughly two thirds of hunters don’t have boats and, surprisingly to me, about the same don’t use retrievers.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2024
  • The 6-year-old golden retriever mix sniffs for zebra mussels.
    — John Myers, Twin Cities, 4 May 2017
  • Sydney began to warm him up, tossing half-way down the pool’s length a small retriever’s bumper dolled with streamers.
    — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 18 June 2018
  • Scrimshaw panels feature a flying mallard drake and hen on one side, and a retriever on the other.
    — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Drennan’s latest project is a favorite of her trusty retriever Aiden.
    — al, 23 Sep. 2019
  • My dog Buster loves to play with plush toys, but won’t touch a ball or a flying disc, two toys that are great for retriever-type dogs.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Dec. 2017
  • An officer found a black Labrador retriever running loose and took it to the shelter.
    — Washington Post, 13 June 2017
  • And the dog has a bond with another retriever, who lives at their neighbor's house opposite them.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Siberian huskies and Labrador retrievers are two of the most common for families.
    — Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Upland breeds running hard for miles need more than retrievers bringing back 10 birds in a morning.
    — John Gordon, Outdoor Life, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Benny is a 2-year-old golden-retriever mix with a contagious smile.
    — Zuri Primos june 29, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026
  • Delgado and Perez fled with their 4-month-old retriever Bruno.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Ideal avalanche dogs are medium-sized with a high drive to hunt, often retrievers, shepherds, or collies.
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The retriever is now being relentless in his attempt to get some of my squash soup topped with salty roasted pumpkin seeds.
    — Sara Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2022
  • If the first week was all about nuns and retrievers and fruit laying waste to brackets, the final week of this dance will be about the basketball.
    — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Drills and mandrills are large monkeys, weighing as much as 75 pounds—about the weight of a large golden retriever.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2016

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