Explore Greyhounds through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Greyhounds meaning
- plural of greyhound
- A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing.
Using Greyhounds
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of greyhound | A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing.
- In the example corpus, greyhounds often appears in combinations such as: the greyhounds, greyhounds are, greyhounds and.
Context around Greyhounds
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Greyhounds
- In this selection, "greyhounds" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, consider, citation, companion, won, generally and citation stand out and add context to how "greyhounds" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and companion greyhounds generally provide and and rescue greyhounds a year. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "greyhounds" sits close to words such as abi, abysmal and aqueous, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with greyhounds
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Greyhounds won 62-36 against the young Bulldogs. (9 words)
The goal chased Schenkel from the Greyhounds net for the remainder of the period. (14 words)
I missed that you had greyhounds and was picturing a typical medium dog-sized door. (15 words)
The Gretzkys made an arrangement with a local family they knew and Wayne played a season in the Ontario Hockey League at the age of 16 with the Greyhounds. citation It was with the Greyhounds that Wayne first wore the number 99 on his jersey. (45 words)
Supporting their volunteer army of ‘greyhound home-finders’ to home so many greyhounds every year is a feat at the best of times, but the cost-of-living crisis is bringing challenges that no-one ever imagined. (37 words)
Because the Greyhound's lean physique makes it ill-suited to sleeping on hard surfaces, owners of both racing and companion Greyhounds generally provide soft bedding; without bedding, Greyhounds are prone to develop painful skin sores. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although we do not own the greyhounds that run at our track, we have rules and contract provisions in place that require our kennel operators to follow proper procedures in caring for their greyhounds.
Accessed Nov 5, 2014 Pets Greyhound owners and adoption groups consider Greyhounds to be wonderful pets. citation Greyhounds are quiet, gentle, and loyal to owners.
Because the Greyhound's lean physique makes it ill-suited to sleeping on hard surfaces, owners of both racing and companion Greyhounds generally provide soft bedding; without bedding, Greyhounds are prone to develop painful skin sores.
The Gretzkys made an arrangement with a local family they knew and Wayne played a season in the Ontario Hockey League at the age of 16 with the Greyhounds. citation It was with the Greyhounds that Wayne first wore the number 99 on his jersey.
Anello also added three assists in the victory which officially secured second spot for the Trappers who finished behind the first place and defending champion Soo U18 AAA Greyhounds.
Hope Rescue claims it took in 200 injured dogs, which were linked to the Valley Greyhounds track, during its two years on the site conducting the ‘Amazing Greys’ welfare project.
I’m a bit of a shy boy who relies on the company of other greyhounds for confidence.
I missed that you had greyhounds and was picturing a typical medium dog-sized door.
It was also successful day on the dating front, with 25 matches made, and therefore 25 greyhounds heading to new homes at the end of the day.
Supporting their volunteer army of ‘greyhound home-finders’ to home so many greyhounds every year is a feat at the best of times, but the cost-of-living crisis is bringing challenges that no-one ever imagined.
The Bates belong to a Greyhound rescue group, and currently have two greyhounds and two smaller dogs.
The charity is struggling to find foster homes or permanent homes for about 100 ex-racing and rescue greyhounds a year.
The goal chased Schenkel from the Greyhounds net for the remainder of the period.
The Greyhounds’ Jonavon Begnaud drives to the lane against Vinton during a District 5-2A game Friday night in Welsh.
The Greyhounds will play their six home games at Wingham Park in Greymouth and Papanui Domain.
The Greyhounds won 62-36 against the young Bulldogs.
The Greyhounds won 86-14 against a young Longhorns team that struggled mightily with being pressed on offense according to Coach Eldon Van Hooser.
The historic addition of the Greyhounds means seven teams will challenge for the Massetti and Canterbury cups next season.
The only time I've seen a bobcat, it was receiving a lesson in the difference between fast (aka dogs) and professional fast (retired racing greyhounds).
The visiting Greyhounds took over possession following the Golden Eagle’s fifth goal, adding another goal themselves and holding the Eagles without a shot for the next 11 minutes of game time.
Common combinations with greyhounds
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the greyhounds 40×
- greyhounds are 12×
- greyhounds and 6×
- of greyhounds 6×
- greyhounds for 5×
- soo greyhounds 5×
- italian greyhounds 5×
- racing greyhounds 4×
- greyhounds to 3×
- greyhounds will 3×