housebroken
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of housebroken
Example Sentences
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After the increasingly disastrous three “Jurassic World” movies, which were vacuums of appeal as their star Chris Pratt plodded about bemoaning his precious housebroken velociraptors, the “Jurassic” series desperately needed a shot in the arm.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025
Puppies are a ton of work, 24 hours a day, and there are loads of pleasant 1-year-old dogs who are already housebroken and leash-trained clogging our nation’s shelters.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2018
Brazelton told the Times that the idea that a child should be housebroken like a puppy was “very logical – for a puppy.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2018
Are parents just tame animals, housebroken and desexed?
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2017
Anyone who’s ever had a cat that’s not housebroken can imagine the smells, other than pepper and thyme, that permeate this house.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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