How to Use attack dog in a Sentence

attack dog

noun

• The charges against the candidate were made by one of the governor's attack dogs.
• On the down side, Kelly’s biggest flaw could be his lack of chops as a political attack dog.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
• As a political matter, the vice presidential nominee is supposed to serve in a support role, as a defender and attack dog for his (or her) party.
  — Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Aug. 2024
• White blood cells, the attack dogs of the immune system, arise from stem cells in the bone marrow.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018
• Turns out, juking an attack dog might not be such a great idea.
  — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• The 63-year-old male owner of the attacking dog was cited for dogs at large.
  — cleveland, 10 Oct. 2019
• Neither dog was injured, and the owner of the attacking dog was warned to keep it on a leash.
  — cleveland, 16 Apr. 2020
• Heckler tries to get us into the mind of Mike, who was born into this world and raised as the Klan's attack dog.
  — Elizabeth Montgomery, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2020
• The plan, according to Barrett, is to bring in sniffer and attack dogs and to increase the ranger force.
  — Tristan McConnell, GQ, 16 Apr. 2018
• Viciousness is the attack dog that hasn’t eaten in a week, and is drooling and barking and snarling.
  — Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 30 Jan. 2024
• Reed then backed Bottoms in the 2017 election, serving as her attack dog.
  — Ernie Suggs, ajc, 1 Dec. 2021
• Animal Services said the attacking dogs were in the care of a dog walker hired through an app.
  — Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2018
• Dispatch sends out a report of an aggressive attack dog on the loose.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
• Secondly, there was no reason for an attack dog to be in that apartment.
  — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2022
• Why is one of the greatest attack dogs in the history of the Congress saying, don't talk about impeachment?
  — Fox News, 29 Apr. 2018
• For example, coyotes are present in many areas in the Chicago region and have been known to attack dogs.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2023
• Rather than get Kendrick Lamar or Andre 3000 to do the hard talking, Williams seems to relish his newfound attack dog tactics.
  — Philly.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• Some species have been bred so much and for so long to as combat attack dogs that adapting to being child's pet can have tragic results.
  — John Havelock, Alaska Dispatch News, 17 Aug. 2017
• Cardano left the rebukes to his loyal attack dog, Ferrari.
  — Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022
• Instead, the attacking dog’s owner took a green, tennis ball-launching dog toy and used it to strike the owner of the other dog in the face, the victim told the sheriff’s office.
  — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 14 Mar. 2018
• During his four years as Bevin's chief of staff in Kentucky, Brickman was known as a fierce defender of his boss and attack dog against his critics.
  — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2020
• Clinton's name is like a Pavlovian trigger to get the Republican attack dogs rallied around the White House.
  — Jack Holmes, Esquire, 11 Jan. 2018
• Even his attack dog and closest adviser, Melissa De Rosa, jumped ship.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2021
• Cohen is a longtime lawyer and fixer who, in a decade at Trump’s side, has served as a reliable attack dog against real or perceived threats to Trump.
  — Matt Apuzzo, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• There is still time for Biden to fine-tune his policies and choose a running mate who can play the traditional role of attack dog, charged with arousing the party faithful.
  — Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 1 June 2020
• When a suspect surrenders, on the ground, kneeling, with hands above his head and a vicious attack dog is then unleashed to maul him, that is horrendous.
  — Anjeanette Damon, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2017
• Even his attack dog and closest adviser, Melissa DeRosa, jumped ship.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
• Lisey Landon calls professor Dashmiel and orders him to call off his attack dog Jim Dooley.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 June 2021
• The first known use of an attack dog to bite an inmate to get him out of his jail cell in Oregon amounts to an excessive use of force, a federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges.
  — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 14 May 2018
• By those who've seen or experienced Cohen's wrath, he's been described as a bully and overzealous attack dog.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024