How to Use springer spaniel in a Sentence

springer spaniel

noun
  • English springer spaniel Springer spaniels are people dogs through and through.
    — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • At Tok, the little girl who won the 2-dog event had a big hound dog and a springer spaniel.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Princess Charlotte pet a springer spaniel police dog named Stella.
    — Town & Country, 16 July 2023
  • Castro arrived with their springer spaniel, Garry, who has been a mascot of sorts.
    — Amy Verner, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
  • There are beagles and springer spaniels can also be quite good at sniffing out these culinary jewels, too.
    — Andrew Amelinckx, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
  • About the only dog on the premises that wasn’t a corgi was Bella, who is a springer spaniel.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 15 June 2019
  • Floki, the springer spaniel bring trained to sniff out the coronavirus in Australia.
    — National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Or when a springer spaniel levitates from the switchgrass, jaws snapping at a pheasant’s tail feathers.
    — Kyle Wintersteen, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Their dog Thomas, a springer spaniel, was aggressive and had previously been abused.
    — Natalija Mileusnic, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2021
  • First lady Barbara Bush had one made to resemble her springer spaniel, Millie.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 4 May 2018
  • Indeed, springer spaniels are well known for their boundless energy, playful temperament, and love of the outdoors.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Vet Street lists them as the third most playful dog breed, only after English springer spaniels and West Highland white terriers.
    — Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Any resemblance to the DeWines' springer spaniel Dolly is coincidental.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The couple’s springer spaniel, Tucker, and chocolate lab, Maverick, filled the roles of ring bearer and flower girl, respectively.
    — Tom Fox, Dallas News, 1 May 2020
  • Milo, a springer spaniel, had been missing for 43 days, according to the Kent County Animal Shelter.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 23 Feb. 2021
  • For example, a dreaming pointer may immediately start searching for game, a sleeping springer spaniel may flush an imaginary bird, and a dreaming Doberman pinscher may pick a fight with a dream burglar.
    — Stav Dimiropoulos, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2012
  • Rottweilers, Doberman pinschers, bull terrier breeds, German shepherds and English springer spaniels also are most at risk, the association said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • At Michigan State University’s Pollinator Performance Center, researchers are enlisting an unusual ally in their efforts to protect honeybees from a deadly bacterial disease, a nine-year-old English springer spaniel named Maple.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025

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