How to Use sled dog in a Sentence

sled dog

noun

• The Kobuk 440 is the last major sled dog race of the season.
  — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2018
• The future of the world's most famous sled dog race is at risk.
  — Alicia Delgallo, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
• Fred drove a team of sled dogs 4,000 miles across Greenland.
  — Michael Joseph Gross, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2018
• The park is also home to the world’s only sled dog center.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
• That would be the most ever by a musher in the world’s most famous sled dog race.
  — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2022
• Local mushers loaned dogs and sleds and a 6-year-old and a 7-year-old drove a sled dog team for the first time.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2021
• Try a sled dog excursion and follow wolf tracks in the snow.
  — Kitson Jazynka, National Geographic, 2 July 2019
• The writer's days are spent gliding behind a pack of sled dogs—and nights are passed in snowy camps along the route.
  — Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2024
• The Iditarod is the most prestigious sled dog race in the world.
  — Alicia Delgallo, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
• Burmeister said sled dog racing will remain a part of his life.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2022
• And lungs to the governor of Alaska, because hundreds of dogs have died in [sled dog] races.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
• Most people have heard of Balto, the sled dog with his own statue in Central Park.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 19 Dec. 2019
• The race takes place in the dead of winter along a route that was used by sled dog teams during the gold rush to deliver mail and supplies.
  — National Geographic, 31 Jan. 2020
• The Outhouse Races drew a large crowd back to Fourth Avenue after the day’s sled dog races were completed.
  — Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
• Balto Loosely based on the true story of a dog who leads a team of sled dogs on a long journey through Alaska.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 18 Aug. 2017
• In a normal year, the finish line of the 1,000-mile sled dog race is a focal point for a weeklong festival here.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2020
• In our modern sled dog world, culling does not mean euthanasia.
  — Jeff King | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2018
• Beargrease is the premier long-distance sled dog race series in the Lower 48.
  — Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2019
• That’s the only time of year when the park provides bus service and offers sled dog demonstrations.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
• Then, following a thrilling afternoon dogsled ride, the sled dogs lolled in the mild sunshine, enjoying the cold of the fresh snow against their fur.
  — Candice Yacono, Orange County Register, 29 July 2019
• Leonhard Seppala and his lead sled dog, Togo, are the town’s only hope of getting the vaccine.
  — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
• Running of the Reindeer and the annual sled dog race — which often draw large crowds — have been canceled.
  — Samantha Davenport, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2020
• For example, the researchers found variants that may have helped sled dogs grow strong bones and muscles, as well as a thick coat.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023
• The Pennsylvania Sled Dog Club was founded in 1971 to conduct sled dog races in a humane and safe way.
  — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• Balto led the sled dogs on the last part of the trip that got a diphtheria anti-toxin to Nome, Alaska, to counter an outbreak of the disease.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 17 Sep. 2023
• Yukon Quest sled dog race in February, marking the four-time champ’s return after a two-year break.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2014
• During peak season, rangers will lead on- and off-trail hikes and programs at the park’s six campgrounds, plus the sled dog demonstrations.
  — Carolyn McAtee Cerbin, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2017
• This year, as in past years, every time a musher approached the finish of the nearly 1,000-mile sled dog race, the siren sounded throughout town.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
• The world’s most famous sled dog race started for 49 mushers March 6 north of Anchorage.
  — Mark Thiessen, ajc, 20 Mar. 2022
• One of the best things about raising sled dogs is being forced to do manual labor outside, every day of the year.
  — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2017

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024