caninein a sentencegrouped by contextual meaning
canine as in: canine unit
•
They called in a canine search-and-rescue team.
canine = dog
Show 3 more with this contextual meaning
-
•
A canine unit smelled drugs in the locker.
-
•
The green eyes glowering at me are unlike any dog or wolf, any canine I've ever seen. (source)canine = of or relating to dogs
-
•
The girl gave another canine tilt to her head. (source)canine = dog-like
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 2 word variations
-
•
I gripped the knife in my hand, a razor claw for killing, and with my tongue I felt my teeth, the sharpness of my canines.† (source)
-
•
Before I could ask what she meant, I heard that canine growl again, but much closer than before. (source)canine = dog-like
-
•
This time when he shows his teeth they remind me of the curved white canines of a dog.† (source)
-
•
But since Mr. Rochester's visit it seemed spellbound: all the night I heard but three sounds at three long intervals, — a step creak, a momentary renewal of the snarling, canine noise, and a deep human groan. (source)
-
•
She pulled back her lips, showing off enormous canines, and began to roar.† (source)
-
•
... and she arrived without adventure to the gate of the farmhouse, when Hareton happened to issue forth, attended by some canine followers, who attacked her train. (source)canine = dog
-
•
There's a disturbing, monkeylike glint of canines off to the sides when he grins.† (source)
-
•
I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch. (source)
-
•
Sonix were generally used on canines, but in this case it might provide a moment's distraction.† (source)
-
•
Do you realize that your insatiable pull for all things deadly was strong enough to recover a pack of mutant canines from extinction?† (source)
▲ show less (of above)
canine as in: dog's canine
•
People have one canine on each side of the jaw between the incisors and first premolars.
canine = conical-shaped teeth found in dogs and many other mammals
Show 3 more with this contextual meaning
-
•
Canines help to tear food apart.canines = conical-shaped teeth
-
•
My upper canines are so pronounced, I call them fangs.
-
•
I admire her intact canines from afar. (source)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 2 word variations
-
•
One bottom front tooth crossed over a canine. (source)canine = conical-shaped teeth found in dogs and many other mammals
-
•
In short, because Shawn lost his canines, I was able to keep mine. (source)canines = conical-shaped teeth
-
•
In particular, by some trick of the light, the canine teeth looked longer and sharper than the rest. (source)canine = conical-shaped (like a dog's teeth)
-
•
His upper canines had never grown in, and the string of holistic dentists my parents had taken him to as a child had failed to notice until it was too late. (source)canines = conical-shaped teeth
-
•
You, the canine species, and our society would be better served if you accepted the realities of animal husbandry.† (source)
-
•
Then I heard a sound that sent a chill up my spine, a low canine growl, somewhere close by.† (source)
-
•
The yellow canine thus coyly revealed was as long as my longest finger.† (source)
-
•
She's like a canine vacuum cleaner.† (source)
-
•
The canine Sagamore was killed by a diaper truck, and I now believe that the gods of those troubled waters of that much-abused lake were responsible.† (source)
-
•
And as he thought it, sharp canine teeth caught at the sacking, pulled at it until the fabric tore along the rips Bod had made, and the boy tumbled down on the rock stairs, where a huge grey animal, like a dog but far larger, growled and drooled, and stood over him, an animal with flaming eyes and white fangs and huge paws.† (source)
▲ show less (of above)