How to Use cocker spaniel in a Sentence

cocker spaniel

noun
  • Jameson’s lawyer argued that her client breeds English cocker spaniels on the property and had passed all health inspections.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The 1950s were the decade of the Coppertone girl and her cocker spaniel and of Man-Tan, the first self-tanner.
    Alison Rose, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2012
  • There’s a cocker spaniel right there, with its ears all wrapped up.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • At home, Kate and Prince William have a cocker spaniel named Orla.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The 26-year-old lives in a one-bedroom apartment with this 10-year-old cocker spaniel, Willy.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • All except for the part at the very end that Kerouac’s friend’s cocker spaniel chewed off and swallowed.
    Bart Bull, SPIN, 10 Feb. 2023
  • One of the dogs was a young, male cocker spaniel mix and the other was a male Yorkshire terrier.
    Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023
  • In the photo, the Beckhams are sitting in a kitchen, each holding one of their cocker spaniels.
    Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2023
  • In the second row, Winston, an 18-month-old cocker spaniel mix, sat up and panted at them.
    New York Times, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Lissy is a cocker spaniel, while Candy is of a mixed breed – a corgi and a dachshund.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
  • And their four dogs — a poodle, a collie, a cocker spaniel and a Great Dane — jumped on everyone.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2019
  • Monte will star alongside a cocker spaniel named Rose, who will play Lady.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Christian Cooper, a black man, had asked her to put a leash on her cocker spaniel in an area where dogs aren’t allowed to run free.
    Sridhar Natarajan, Fortune, 2 June 2020
  • Farther down the street, a middle-aged couple were taking their cocker spaniel for a walk.
    Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2022
  • There was a cocker spaniel, along with gray squirrels, flying squirrels and birds.
    Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2021
  • James was of course referring to his beloved cocker spaniel of 15 years who passed away in January.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
  • The English cocker spaniel obliged, earning a treat from the sportsman before pouncing up for more.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Morby is thirty-four, with the exuberance and the golden mane of a cocker spaniel.
    Hannah Seidlitz, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
  • The Countess of Wessex met Hedrix, a 15-week-old cocker spaniel puppy, during a visit to a pub in Surrey.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Tuttle’s two dogs, a cocker spaniel named Lulu and a chihuahua named Taco, also died.
    Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • James is known for his beloved pack of dogs - and even credits his cocker spaniel Ella with introducing him to his bride-to-be!
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2021
  • And in New Hampshire, schoolchildren gather at the grave of the first American cocker spaniel.
    National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2016
  • Then there was a ninety-year-old grandmother and a cocker spaniel who went by Benjamin, as in Benjamin Franklin.
    Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Kate and William brought home the cocker spaniel earlier this year after their first family dog, Lupo, passed away in 2020.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 6 July 2022
  • Ariel the cocker spaniel was named after the star of The Little Mermaid because her extra appendages looked like a flipper.
    Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Police said the dogs were mixes of golden retrievers, black Labradors, and cocker spaniels.
    Sabrina Schnur, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
  • On the night of Gloria Estefan's wedding more than four decades ago, her cocker spaniel ate her wedding dress sleeve.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 June 2022
  • Kennedy had flown in with his traveling cocker spaniel, Freckles.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2018
  • This cocker spaniel totally forgot to pick his daughter up from day care.
    Jake Goldwasser, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The sweet shots were taken in the Middleton’s backyard and even featured the family’s cocker spaniel, Lupo and the Middleton’s dog Tilly.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 5 May 2018

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