How to Use vet in a Sentence

vet

1 of 2 noun
  • I have to take my dog to the vet.
  • No vet days, no breather subs late in a game.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
  • Ruth took them all and drove them to a vet for care.
    — Julian Camejo, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • His vets set the standard for him.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • What proud vet wants to be a burden?
    — Quil Lawrence, NPR, 25 June 2026
  • Barnes is a vet now, mature and wise.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • How can the vet insist that his cat is old?
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The nine-year vet more than doubled it.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Plus, not every vet will see a wolf dog.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Owners still have to pay the vet bill up front.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • One vet didn't know what the other had tried.
    — Nitin Murali, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • That’s part of my vet, being a vet and my vet savvy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Some vets have seen their payments go up by a lot more.
    — Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Many of those vets are not running in races that are winnable.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • When those panels meet to vet bills, who will wield the gavels?
    — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • That's when the first vets moved in, much later than planned.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • This dog life vet has been test in oceans, swimming pools and lakes.
    — Jessica Moore, USA Today, 25 May 2026
  • Pop them in a box with a warm source and seek help from your local vets.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Nasha gave birth and to the surprise of vet staff, the calf was born alive.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Two of them bit my dog and that cost me $435 at the vet.
    — Paul Karrer, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Being a vet would bring at least twice the paycheck.
    — CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • This year there is more vets running than any year before.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • The vet went down the hall to run some tests, came back and looked at me solemnly.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The vet confirmed nothing was wrong with him.
    — Jennifer Wolfgram, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Visitors can even watch a vet work.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • When these vets leave, what foundation will be left?
    — Lebron Antonio Hill, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • These symptoms should prompt a vet visit.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This co- this year, there is more vets running than any year before.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • Even set up an appointment for the vet to come to our house to put him down.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Who votes against helping disabled vets?
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025

vet

2 of 2 verb
  • He's already vetted the plan, so we can start right away.
  • They vetted her thoroughly before offering her the job.
  • The book was vetted by several different editors.
  • Through an app that wasn't vetted.
    — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Cities don’t get to ask why someone wants a record or vet the request.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025
  • And while most sports teams would no doubt prefer to vet any story about them.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Chock called for judges to be vetted for the sake of transparency.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Don't just dole out equal shares and hope for the best; define benchmarks and vet your partner.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Those witnesses were not all vetted out.
    — Adam Sabes , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
  • But students are not aware that they are not being fully vetted.
    — David Blobaum, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • But students are not aware that they are not being fully vetted.
    — David Blobaum, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Plum Guide has vetted a great selection of homes and chalets.
    — Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Keep reading for my top picks, vetted by expert makeup artists and derms, too.
    — Emma Greene, InStyle, 28 May 2026
  • Real-life skaters and crews have their own way of sussing each other out and vetting what’s cool to them.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
  • The team then vetted objects beyond Earth.
    — Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Dudek said the administration asked him to write the op-ed and then vetted it.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This is because every attendee is vetted and there are no sales pitches.
    — John Hall, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Each person who lives in the shelter will need to be referred and vetted with a background check.
    — Tori Apodaca, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The group’s administrators now try to vet accounts to keep thieves out.
    — oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Designs are vetted and preapproved long before any ground has been broken.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The submissions will take days for experts to properly vet.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Taking things slow is a common way to vet dating prospects to avoid horror stories in the future.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
  • So, the dating trend of vetting the values of potential partners is on the rise!
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Zoo staff will vet the top names and make a final selection, then announce the name on social media.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Miller did not respond to questions about how the tool was vetted before deployment.
    — Calmatters, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • If the recruiter won’t share much about the opportunity, at least vet the recruiter.
    — Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Waitstaff have to be vetted, background checked, and given pins for access to certain guests.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Again, so long as the outcome isn’t too interesting, few people, if any, will bother to vet it.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Members can only vote for music that has been submitted and vetted.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2026
  • And Alme wasn’t even aware he was being vetted by the White House for the seat over the past few days.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Mar. 2026

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