How to Use hounds in a Sentence

hounds

plural noun
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  • Pharaoh hounds guard the entrance, and the silk window blinds are drawn tight.
    — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 15 June 2022
  • A few hours later, the alarm, and sounds of howling hounds, jolts me awake.
    — Emiliano Ruprah, Wired, 31 July 2021
  • Soon the hounds traded their chops and bawls for a guttural din.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The smell of blood rose and riled the hounds into frenzied barking.
    — Ayana Mathis, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The singing brothers who lead the band, Page Burkum and Jack Torrey, have been road hounds for much of the last decade.
    — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Bowerbird plays the guitar, loves Afghan hounds and hoards blue junk.
    — Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • Upon crashing down, the overseer was mauled by the pack of hounds, which shocked Jake.
    — Durrell L. Smith, Outdoor Life, 10 June 2020
  • Not even the blood-thirstiest horror hounds will be able to slake their thirst for gore with this one.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
  • It’s not Greyhound, but there are plenty of hounds on board.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Welcoming the hounds with open arms was a no-brainer for Howe; this is her life’s work.
    — Katie Mogg, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022
  • However, Tide players were never far out of sight from the man in the hounds-tooth hat.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Pots and pans clanged and banged, branches snapped, hounds bayed, and there were whistles and yells going back and forth.
    — Tom Keer, Outdoor Life, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The team will leave some fresh meat at the spot and return with tracking hounds before sunrise.
    — Emiliano Ruprah, Wired, 31 July 2021
  • Deal hounds have had to adapt to the new travel environment.
    — Christopher Elliott, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Seguin and his band of desperate heroes make a last stand against the mythical blood-hounds at, of course, the Alamo.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2021
  • This one, made in 1952, depicts a Chasse à Courre (hunting with hounds) scene.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2022
  • And mom makes turkey that, of course, the Bumpus hounds steal and force the family to head out to a Chinese restaurant.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2021
  • But 4,000 survived, and these sweet hounds are being put up for adoption across the United States.
    — Devin Murphy, National Review, 28 July 2022
  • Why did the Republican deficit hounds only show up when there is a Democrat in the White House?
    — chicagotribune.com, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The two teenagers have won hearts and medals and become overnight idols for China’s aspiring snow bums and powder hounds.
    — Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Back in the 1860s it was alleged that Bummer and Lazarus were Emperor Norton’s hounds.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 23 June 2020
  • Keurig is a perfect home cafe setup that will please even the pickiest of caffeine hounds.
    — Madison Durham, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The original red herrings were strong-smelling fish that the fox hunters of Old England dragged across the fox’s trail to confuse the hounds and give the quarry a sporting chance.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
  • And this summer a man training hounds for bear hunting in Douglas County had one of his dogs killed by wolves.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Some regional catfish hounds like them for a great bait for whiskered giants.
    — Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Oct. 2021
  • For those who didn’t buy into M1, though, or performance hounds looking to upgrade, the M2 chip is the bigger deal.
    — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 8 June 2022
  • The annual bear hunt in the state typically involves packs of hounds with GPS collars that chase the bear up trees.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Behind the sink there are two framed photos — one of hounds mid-race, eyes wild, sand flying; the other is of loaded nachos.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Longreads, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Black Bear muzzleloader hunters looking to Idaho should know that bears can be taken over bait, with hounds, and by way of spot and stalk.
    — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Broken glass was on his mind; the previous day, contractors had dropped a tool and shattered the skylight in his den, startling the artist and his Afghan hounds, Sudan and Togo.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022

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