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Dogfood is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Dogfood in a sentence

Dogfood meaning

To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users.

Using Dogfood

  • The main meaning on this page is: To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users.
  • In the example corpus, dogfood often appears in combinations such as: own dogfood.

Context around Dogfood

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

own 2× spillers 1×

Often after:

using 1× albeit 1×

Sentence patterns with Dogfood

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and spillers dogfood albeit to 1× its own dogfood using its 1× your own dogfood is for 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i asked if 1× the party attracted 1×

Common sentence endings:

and simulation software 1× big business puppets 1× work at grindr 1×

Words around Dogfood

Just before it in the word index:

dogfish 12 dogfights 18 dogfighting 19 dogfighters 2 dogfighter 3 dogfight 46

Just after it in the word index:

dogg 127 dogged 240 doggedly 33 doggedness 7 dogger 13 doggerel 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Dogfood

  • In this selection, "dogfood" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, own, spillers, using and albeit stand out and add context to how "dogfood" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and spillers dogfood albeit to and its own dogfood using its. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dogfood" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dogfood

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I asked if the company ate its own dogfood: using its own testing and simulation software. (16 words)

This made me think how different "eating your own dogfood" is for people who work at grindr. (17 words)

The party attracted some corporate sponsorship from the makers of "Monster Munch" crisps and "Spillers" dogfood, albeit to lampoon the manner in which Labour Party under Tony Blair in particular had become big business puppets. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

The party attracted some corporate sponsorship from the makers of "Monster Munch" crisps and "Spillers" dogfood, albeit to lampoon the manner in which Labour Party under Tony Blair in particular had become big business puppets. (35 words)

This made me think how different "eating your own dogfood" is for people who work at grindr. (17 words)

I asked if the company ate its own dogfood: using its own testing and simulation software. (16 words)

Example sentences (3)

I asked if the company ate its own dogfood: using its own testing and simulation software.

This made me think how different "eating your own dogfood" is for people who work at grindr.

The party attracted some corporate sponsorship from the makers of "Monster Munch" crisps and "Spillers" dogfood, albeit to lampoon the manner in which Labour Party under Tony Blair in particular had become big business puppets.

Common combinations with dogfood

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dogfood" in a sentence?
An example: "I asked if the company ate its own dogfood: using its own testing and simulation software." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "dogfood" from authentic English texts.
What does "dogfood" mean?
Dogfood means: To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users.
How many example sentences with "dogfood" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "dogfood", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.