How to Use pit bull in a Sentence

pit bull

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  • Kids let out the pit bull dog, which made a beeline for the man.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 26 July 2022
  • The caller said the black and gray pit bull was on her porch and would not leave.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 10 May 2022
  • The first one is a pit bull and the latter was a French poodle.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Then the pit bull attacked the woman and bit down on her arm.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Lowry is 36, a pit bull of a point guard, who knows more than any kid.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Then, as the man separated the dogs, the pit bull bit his hand.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 July 2022
  • The third pit bull, named Gucci, is standing at the end of a huge chain anchored in the ground.
    — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The owner of the Doberman-Great Dane then carried the pit bull-Lab back to its owner.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2021
  • When the van failed to support the weight, Meyers swung the pit bull by his neck, took him over to a tree and strung him up.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The couple tried to carry him out but the blue nose pit bull weighed almost 100 pounds.
    — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021
  • And there were scary encounters, like when a pit bull charged at them.
    — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The second officer fired one bean bag round at the dog, striking the white pit bull in the head.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Tamra Judge is mourning the loss of her beloved pit bull, Bronx, who died on Monday at the age of 13.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE.com, 4 July 2022
  • Two months ago, a pit bull owned by one of Gibson’s friends had puppies.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The pit bull’s owner appeared and called off the animal.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 27 May 2022
  • Styling is apropos of its fierce performance: the car seems to lean forward in the stance of a pit bull poised to pounce.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Josiah Slavin went 6-of-8 on faceoffs and was pit bull on the penalty kill.
    — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The initial report was that there were multiple pit bull dogs at the scene.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 16 July 2023
  • Initially, deputies said the dogs’ owner had been mauled by one or more of his pit bulls.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The man’s girlfriend, who lives on Bellevue, was outside with her gray pit bull.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • That dog matched the description of the animal that attacked Cobb and was a pit bull, Williams said.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The owner of the three unleashed pit bulls ran away and, as of Sunday night, nobody was in custody.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 18 June 2023
  • Madrigal got a ticket for having a breed mixed with pit bull.
    — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2023
  • But Smokey is a cane corso, an Italian breed of mastiff, not a pit bull or a mix of pit bull breeds.
    — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Van Gogh, a 7-year-old pit bull mix with one ear, has found a forever home — and a talent for art.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 8 Dec. 2022
  • At first, the family didn’t have much to do with the spotted pit bull-dalmatian mix.
    — Patrick Raycraft, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2022
  • The dogs are muscular in stature and have heavier bone structures than pit bulls.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • This loving pit bull is a favorite among the kids in her neighborhood.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Pingel's boyfriend grabbed his gun and shot the dog — a pit bull that had been abused by a previous owner — to death.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Veronica Phillips took her 2-year-old pit bull, Zeus, to get a free microchip.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2021

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