How to Use Chihuahua in a Sentence

Chihuahua

noun
  • His pet Chihuahua dog and pet squirrel also died in the crash.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • If this trend continues, the 2025 book will reach a healthy weight for a small adult Chihuahua.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • Ariane Lange dogged the story about a Chihuahua mix with a new leash on life.
    Bee Staff, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The norteño-sax band from Chihuahua, Mexico paused their singing to hear the first chorus from the audience.
    Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Butts moved in with three dogs: Tiger, a boxer; Papi, a Chihuahua; and Pepper, a schnauzer chow chow mix.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • She and her mother were deported the summer before fourth grade, and went to live with her abuela in Chihuahua.
    Nick Fouriezos, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • In Chihuahua, the dish is called machaca and was widely consumed among miners.
    Imelda García, Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Since then, the Dodgers fan and Pasadena resident’s 14-year-old Chihuahua Buddy has passed away.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • How to Get Around Ubers are abundant in Chihuahua’s capital.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024
  • After 22 days on the tarmac at one of the world's busiest airports, Maia, a Chihuahua mix, is the ultimate survivor.
    David Begnaud, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The Chihuahua's death came over a year after Jonathan said goodbye to another pet, his dog Stewie, who had also been by his side for over a decade.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • To the south in Mexico, Monclova and Chihuahua also broke heat records.
    Frances Vinall, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2023
  • Last year, the Sockers needed to win twice after losing to the Chihuahua Savage in the first game of their semifinal series.
    Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The man was hospitalized with a wound in his right leg and has since been released, according to the state government of Chihuahua.
    Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Cluttered and leaking, filled with the muck of cats, pigeons and Indiana’s pet Chihuahua, the house where Indiana had lived since the 1970s needed to be cleaned as part of the appraisal process.
    Graham Bowley, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • One photo also features the happy couple smiling with their three-year-old Chihuahua and Pug mix, T'challa.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The teams in Mexico will be located in Cancun, Guadalajara and Chihuahua.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The toothless Chinese crested/Chihuahua mix was plucked from death row by doting owner Heather Peoples.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • Chef Laura Favela grew up in Chihuahua, Mexico, eating pork chile colorado with flour tortillas and beans.
    Judy Revenaugh, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Bobi was recognized as the oldest dog ever known in February, just two weeks after a 23-year-old Chihuahua named Spike tried to claim the title.
    Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Pati Jinich explores the New Mexico and Chihuahua border region.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Así dejaron encerrados a los migrantes en la Estación de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The atmosphere was so inviting that even Demi Moore brought her tiny, long-haired Chihuahua, Pilaf, securely fastened in her bag.
    Rachel Besser, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2023
  • For example, a large dog with a thick, double-layered coat, like a Husky, can clearly handle exposure to the cold better than a smaller breed with a thinner coat, such as a Chihuahua.
    The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024
  • This free Chihuahua pumpkin stencil will satisfy those feelings (well, maybe).
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2023
  • This was the time a frightened Chihuahua named Moses was rescued at a golf tournament located in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 10 May 2023
  • More than 30 women collaborate with Castro in Marea Verde Chihuahua.
    MarÍa Teresa HernÁndez, ajc, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Alejandro, a Chihuahua, was reunited with its owner Thursday after being stolen in the Fenway area last weekend, police said.
    Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Trevi served four years in a Chihuahua prison but was eventually acquitted of those charges in 2004 and continued with her career, releasing chart-topping albums and putting on arena shows.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Hailing from the Chihuahua region of northern Mexico, it's made in a similar method to mezcal and tequila, but using another form of succulent, the Dasylirion or desert spoon plant.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023

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