How to Use spay in a Sentence

spay

verb
  • Our cat has been spayed.
  • Klein recommends not spaying or neutering your dog before six months.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
  • She has been spayed and has had all of her shots and is deemed ready to go.
    Arizona Republic, azcentral, 7 June 2019
  • There were 10 leaders on the team and 11 females, all of them spayed.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2020
  • At their first clinic last August, the Fund spayed and neutered 350 dogs and cats in the area.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 May 2018
  • After a time, some of them pooled their resources and got the cats spayed and neutered.
    Allison Klein, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018
  • We were assured she had been spayed and this was in writing as well.
    Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2018
  • If there are other pets in the home, those pets need to be spayed or neutered and up-to-date on all vaccines.
    Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Many agencies will spay and neuter feral cats for free or for a very low cost.
    Hints From Heloise, star-telegram, 8 June 2017
  • Sure, in an ideal world, cats would not be thrown out like day-old bread and would all be neutered or spayed.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • All the cats have been spayed or neutered, and are up-to-date with rabies, feline leukemia and FIV vaccines.
    NOLA.com, 23 May 2017
  • There’s also a long wait list for animals that need to be spayed and neutered.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2024
  • The third time a dog or cat gets lost and goes to the shelter, its owner must spay or neuter it in order to get it back.
    Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2022
  • One of these cats is a female, spayed, 9 years old, and licks everything.
    Cathy M. Rosenthal, courant.com, 6 June 2018
  • Hundreds of cities across the country ban the breed or require owners to spay or neuter their dogs.
    CBS News, 16 June 2017
  • For years, Barker ended every episode of Price with a plea to have pets spayed or neutered.
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Dogs that are not neutered or spayed can produce a line of thousands of puppies in the span of only a few years.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • There are veterinary clinics in Guam that will spay or neuter a dog for as low as $89.
    Ginette Bocanegra, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Dogs must have proof of vaccination, be spayed or neutered, and be at least 4 months old.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2019
  • This means spaying or neutering a pet is out of the question.
    Bisma Parvez, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2020
  • All the dogs will be spayed or neutered, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations, the release said.
    Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2023
  • Shelter staffers told him that LeeLoo was not spayed and lacked her rabies vaccine.
    oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Many, if not most, dog owners in the United States never confront the question of whether to spay or neuter their pets.
    Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
  • All pets will be ready to go home that same day and come spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated.
    Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Nick Ahmed made a highlight-reel catch in the eighth inning to spay a potential Dodgers rally.
    Richard Morin, azcentral, 25 June 2019
  • Cities that once rounded up feral cats and killed them now spay and neuter them and give them veterinary care.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2022
  • Inmates are also fostering the kittens that are too young to be spayed and neutered.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Both are leash-trained and will be spayed and immunized before they’re given away on Feb. 5.
    Melissa Chan, Time, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The majority of our costs are vet expenses to spay and neuter.
    John Benson, cleveland, 9 June 2021
  • Each pet is spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before going to a new home.
    Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024

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