How to Use collie in a Sentence

collie

noun

• The pug came too close to a fence and the collie mix bit the pug through the fence.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 4 Aug. 2017
• The next day Marcy and Piper, two black-and-white collies, were brought to the site.
  — The Washington Post, AL.com, 10 July 2017
• The next day, Marcy and Piper, two black-and-white collies, were brought to the site.
  — Natalie Musumeci, Fox News, 10 July 2017
• If the collie wasn't there, the chihuahua would've been run over.
  — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2019
• Her collie was killed soon after, left in front of her home with a slit throat.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2017
• The collie landed 10 feet down, its fall stopped by a clump of bushes.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2022
• Kygo the dog is 7 years old and a mutt — a mix of husky, malamute, poodle and collie.
  — Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
• Our Scotch collie, Buckaroo, is just shy of 14 years old.
  — Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS, 15 Nov. 2019
• The wolfhounds once took off after a collie that was wandering near the bear pits.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2022
• Maxx, 3, is a 49-pound male, black and white, border collie/bully mix.
  — idahostatesman, 26 July 2017
• But apart from the 17 chickens, three geese, two cats, a cow, a duck and a collie called Mac, Shedd was not a sociable sort of place.
  — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
• 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
• Nielsen’s four goats — Spices, Patches, Kaykay and Captain — are fully grown pygmy goats about the size of a small border collie.
  — Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 7 May 2017
• When Suzanne was in the fifth grade, her beloved — but prone to roaming — collie, Charger, went missing for longer than usual.
  — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 10 July 2019
• At the same time, two staff members rode in a wagon drawn by a pair of miniature horses no bigger than a collie.
  — James Ewinger, cleveland.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Dispatch logs say the collie and pit bull, named Thor, got into a confrontation and the woman got in the middle of the dogs when she was attacked.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• Ace Mask of Brea will be attending for his fifth year, with plans to educate the public about collie dogs.
  — Jessica Peralta, latimes.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• The wolf later attacked a terrier and a collie in Cleveland Park.
  — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2021
• Big dogs, small dogs, poodles, schnauzers, cocker spaniels, collies . .
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 21 Apr. 2017
• Beyond wanting to share a life, the two already share a dog, a border-collie/Labrador retriever mix.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2020
• Hummingbirds zipped in and out of a purple buddleia bush; Hugo, an eager-to-please Border collie, stretched out on the porch, smelling faintly of skunk.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
• While the famous collie wasn't on hand to help, three fire departments banded together to save the 11-month-old canine.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
• The border collie is later placed into the back of an NYPD vehicle and covered with a jacket as a makeshift blanket.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• Brown had few friends her age, counting among her closest companions a cat, a collie, two squirrels, and dozens of rabbits.
  — Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
• The dogs are a mix of golden retriever, Labrador retriever and border collie.
  — Pete Pichaske, Howard County Times, 2 Aug. 2017
• The name refers to the television collie that nobly saved Timmy’s and so many other people’s lives week after week on her popular show.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 8 June 2017
• The pup at the heart of the story is a seven-year-old husky, malamute, poodle and collie mix who’s been diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 24 June 2024
• Most of the dogs competing are border collies, a breed much more intelligent than my own mutts, possibly smarter than me.
  — Heather McKinnon, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2017
• To assuage her mother’s apprehension, Henning agreed to take her collie, Mocha, with her to Kentucky.
  — Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
• Together, Clausen and Gurdy moved a small herd of cattle through obstacles, around fences and more, earning the 2-year-old collie the highest marks at the competition.
  — Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 31 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024