How to Use spay in a Sentence

spay

verb
  • Our cat has been spayed.
  • None of the cats had been spayed or neutered.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • She has been spayed and has had all of her shots and is deemed ready to go.
    — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 7 June 2019
  • She is spayed, up to date on vaccines and microchipped.
    — Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Only about 10% of the dogs have been spayed or neutered.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
  • We were assured she had been spayed and this was in writing as well.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2018
  • Many agencies will spay and neuter feral cats for free or for a very low cost.
    — Hints From Heloise, star-telegram, 8 June 2017
  • They can be spayed and neutered and find new homes, but neonatal kittens cannot.
    — Kelli Bender, People.com, 24 June 2025
  • All adoptable pets are spayed, neutered and up to date on vaccines and tests.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
  • After a time, some of them pooled their resources and got the cats spayed and neutered.
    — Allison Klein, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Miss Boots is spayed, up to date with vaccines, and has a clean bill of health.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
  • There are myriad reasons to spay and neuter your pet.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
  • At that point, she could be spayed to prevent future litters.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • There’s also a long wait list for animals that need to be spayed and neutered.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2024
  • Sure, in an ideal world, cats would not be thrown out like day-old bread and would all be neutered or spayed.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Neither had chips or collars when found, and they weren’t spayed either.
    — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
  • Dogs must be at least three months old, and dogs older than 12 months must be spayed or neutered.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Carpino was looking for cat traps, which folks use to catch strays so they can be spayed/neutered/rehomed.
    — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 6 Dec. 2024
  • We are spayed in the water, kings and queens of an ocean that has always bet on Black.
    — Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
  • This means spaying or neutering a pet is out of the question.
    — Bisma Parvez, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2020
  • One of these cats is a female, spayed, 9 years old, and licks everything.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, courant.com, 6 June 2018
  • Dogs must have proof of vaccination, be spayed or neutered, and be at least 4 months old.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2019
  • If the animal is spayed or neutered, adopters may live outside these areas.
    — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Hundreds of cities across the country ban the breed or require owners to spay or neuter their dogs.
    — CBS News, 16 June 2017
  • There were 10 leaders on the team and 11 females, all of them spayed.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2020
  • All pets will be ready to go home that same day and come spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated.
    — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The caption explained that all nine are healthy and have homes ready to welcome them in where they will be spayed and neutered.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
  • Cities that once rounded up feral cats and killed them now spay and neuter them and give them veterinary care.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2022
  • All pets are spayed/neutered, microchipped, up-to-date on vaccines and heartworm tested.
    — Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Dogs that are not neutered or spayed can produce a line of thousands of puppies in the span of only a few years.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023

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