mastiff

How To Use mastiff In A Sentence

• They had dogs of their own - a mastiff the size of a Humvee, and a tiny comma of a toy poodle.
• A second cluster of dogs consists of mastiff-like breeds, including the bulldog, Rottweiler, and boxer.
• Large packs of black matted mastiffs prowl the streets for scraps, occasionally breaking into fights of heart-stopping ferocity.
• In the 16th century, English mastiffs were famous for their courage and ferocity as war dogs, and were used in Spanish armies both in Europe and America.
• The owner of the mastiff digs in and tries to drag his dog over to us to have a chat.
• The mastiff is powerful, heavy muscles rippling beneath its scarred pelt.
• A masty [mastiff] is handsomer to me than the most exact little dog that ever lady played withal. Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)
• News of the fatal attack has prompted enquiries from prospective owners to kennels that raise the dogs, which were originally bred from cattle dogs, mastiffs and bulldogs brought to the Canary Islands by British settlers.
• And then, you know, he got a hint of how serious they considered the whole thing; for one of them came up to him, leading a great bullmastiff, and offered it to him, to take to keep him company. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
• This was found to be necessary following the near judicial destruction of a bull mastiff called Buster whose owner had removed his muzzle so that the ill dog could vomit without choking.