How do you use the word "hound" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "hound": Spring over the ground like a hunting hound. The hound was in full chase of the bear.

Hound Meaning

/haʊnd/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.

nounAny canine animal.

Sentence Examples

Spring over the ground like a hunting hound.

The hound was in full chase of the bear.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

dog hunt heel

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The reporters continued to ____ the politician for answers about the scandal.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The hungry stray ____ kept following the man, hoping for a small scrap of food.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Proto-Germanic *hundaz Proto-West Germanic *hund Old English hund Middle English hound English hound From Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz. Doublet of canine. Cognate with Dutch hond (“dog”), German Hund (“dog”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hund (“dog”), Faroese and Icelandic hundur (“dog”). In 14th-century England, hound was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog (much as the distinction between Hund and Dogge in contemporary German). By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to breeds used for hunting.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"On the way out of the building I was asked for my autograph. If I'd known who the signature hound thought I was, I would've signed appropriately." — 1996, Marc Parent, Turning Stones, Harcourt Brace & Company, →ISBN, page 93:

"I still do not know if he's taken on this case because he's a glory hound, because he wants the PR, or if he simply wanted to help Anna." — 2004, Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper, Simon & Schuster,, →ISBN, page 483:

"Boy! false hound!" — c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi]:

"I turned away and left her to finish her journey in peace, feeling, but only for a moment or two, that I had been an unutterably mean hound." — 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 12:

"'You blackmailing hound,' the parrot said distinctly, in what Hodges recognized as General Derby's voice. Anstruther turned pale." — 1973, Elizabeth Walter, Come and Get Me and Other Uncanny Invitations:

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