Dictionary entry
Wolfhound
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlfhaʊnd/
Pronunciation
/ˈwʊlfhaʊnd/
Myanmar Meaning
ဝံပုလွေကိုလိုက်ရန် အသုံးပြုရသည့် အမဲလိုက်ခွေးတစ်မျိုး။
Definition
wolfhound /'wƱlfhaƱnd/ n ဝံပုေလြလိုက္ ေခြးႀကီး။ an Irish wolfhound.
Examples
- ‘The door was closed
- so the wolfhounds would not even see him
- and the room that he had happened to break into was a full pantry!’
- ‘The Celtic revival in the world of arts and crafts meant an abundance of round towers
- shamrocks and wolfhounds
- all of which graced the postcards.’
- ‘Being a man of little culture myself
- I was always of the impression that the dreaded Alsations
- beast requiring the utmost caution
- were descendants of the infamous wolfhound and came from somewhere near Alsace.’
- ‘It's nicely done up with antique nicknacks but most times everyone is gathered in a rather chaotic kitchen
- where you might get a bite to eat - if the wolfhound doesn't grab it off the table first.’
- ‘Indeed a wolfhound bred by Fr. Kennedy in Rosenallis found its home with the Kennedys in the Whitehouse.’
- ‘Melvin Wilcox also denied the allegations and described one of his wolfhounds as ‘docile’ and a ‘pussycat’.’
- ‘One of them
- Mingan
- even has a wolfhound that follows him around everywhere and warns him when danger's near.’
- ‘He also enraged the Marquise by referring to her as Petticoat III (Petticoats I and II being Maria-Theresa and the Empress Elizabeth of Russia) and by calling the wolfhound who slept in his bed his Pompadour.’
- ‘He turned around and headed to a small courtyard where a young man sat
- brushing a wolfhound.’
- ‘Henry VII had a Welsh dragon and a wolfhound on his heraldic insignia.’
- ‘The wolfhound began wagging his tail and barked at her
- as if to say hello.’
- ‘She could feel the words inside of her
- leaping to get out like wolfhounds tug at their leashes when they smell prey.’
- ‘The English hounds
- bred in royal courts during the 15th and 16th century
- were high-legged
- strong animals probably originating from the crossing of English mastiffs with Irish greyhounds and wolfhounds.’
- ‘They neither of them moved as the outline of a young man moved in and out of focus
- lovingly petting the bronze wolfhound.’
- ‘As he made his way to the back door of the rich man's house
- he thought briefly of the wolfhounds that the now middle-aged bachelor had owned.’
- ‘Each man had an animal of some sort close to him; one had a hawk
- another a wolfhound.’
- ‘According to police
- the little girl was playing a few steps behind her father when she was set upon by two wolfhounds.’
- ‘Among her most talented contemporaries
- Philpot can seem like a wolfhound among housecats: she wants lines and poems as urgent and as resistant to intellect as her favored subjects
- and at her best she gets them.’
- ‘The current ‘dogmobile’ for Denise's two wolfhounds and one lurcher is an ageing Peugeot 806.’
- ‘Chulrua translates from the Irish as ‘red back
- ’ and was the name and distinguishing feature of the favourite wolfhound belonging to ancient Irish hero Fionn MacCumhaill.’