How to Use golden retriever in a Sentence

golden retriever

noun
  • The bones of one man were found in the back seat on top of the bones of his beloved golden retriever.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Lexie the golden retriever just wants to fit in with the flock.
    Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • But the 5-month-old golden retriever does not know how to read.
    Jessica Contrera, baltimoresun.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • That’s a lot of work for a 9-year-old golden retriever.
    Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2022
  • Svante had to run off and bring her home to Moses, our golden retriever.
    Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 23 Feb. 2020
  • At that time, the golden retriever next door had just died.
    Matt Keenan, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The three of us, along with a chocolate Lab and a golden retriever, sat in a blind built on a high bank above a slough.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2020
  • There are a few ways to tell if your golden retriever likes their food.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The English springer spaniel is trained to flush its birds, like a Labrador or golden retriever.
    D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2019
  • And a golden retriever retrieves the TSA's award for cutest dog.
    CNN, 29 Aug. 2021
  • The last steps of the journey were long up to Harry, the couple’s late golden retriever.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Dončić plays with the high emotions of a golden retriever.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024
  • The student spotted the man a third time, walking a young husky and a golden retriever.
    Longreads, 5 May 2022
  • The Full House cast is filled with golden retriever owners in its own way.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Two of the ghosts were Garner in costume and one was her golden retriever, Birdie.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Joanne Bartinelli and her golden retriever, Ollie, were at the event for the second year in a row.
    cleveland.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The creature would have been about the size of a golden retriever, says Nesbitt, but a little less heavy set.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The team will also have Colt, its golden retriever bat dog, who will retrieve bats for the team at home games.
    Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2022
  • In fact, Hank the golden retriever is the Szott Auto mascot.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2020
  • If the boyfriend passes these tests, users in the comments laud him as a walking green flag, a golden retriever boyfriend.
    Steffi Cao, Glamour, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the German shepherd lost its third-place spot to the golden retriever and fell to number four on the list this year.
    Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • In its first year, the event broke the record for the most golden retrievers in one location at one time, according to WDIV.
    Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Nearly two weeks away from family and friends, plus her beloved yorkie and golden retriever mix — and a nasty case of the flu.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2022
  • The girl said her mom and her boyfriend had gone to Colorado Springs for the day, that the three of them, plus the golden retriever mix and a black lab, live together in the pop-up camper.
    Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2021
  • On the day the Queen died, Guide Dogs shared a sweet throwback photo of the monarch petting a golden retriever who was part of their program.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
  • And a golden retriever scoops up a number of tennis balls and fetches a new world record.
    CNN, 17 Oct. 2021
  • The tests revealed that the dogs, who reside in Arizona, are a mix of bulldog, golden retriever, chow chow, and more.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The family dog, a golden retriever named Grady, had to go.
    jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Our 12-year-old golden retriever, Colby, succumbed to cancer and crossed the rainbow bridge.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Like golden retriever Winston who figured out how to jump out at his owner in a hilarious video.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024

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