How do you use Housebroken in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like trained, plus the exact meaning.
Housebroken in a sentence
Housebroken meaning
trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
Synonyms of Housebroken
Using Housebroken
- The main meaning on this page is: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
- Useful related words include: house-trained, trained.
- In the example corpus, housebroken often appears in combinations such as: housebroken and.
Context around Housebroken
- Average sentence length in these examples: 13.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Housebroken
- In this selection, "housebroken" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 13.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, white, naturally and grey stand out and add context to how "housebroken" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include always naturally housebroken and will and dogs were housebroken and learned. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "housebroken" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with housebroken
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Probably not even housebroken. (4 words)
Oliver is housebroken and needs a home with teenagers or adults only. (12 words)
And certainly not White Housebroken,” Grey observes pityingly of a rakish Attorney General. (13 words)
The dogs were housebroken, and learned basic obedience skills all with the anticipation of getting the dog adopted into its forever home. (22 words)
Cats are almost always naturally housebroken and will use a litter box even at an early age. (17 words)
Maybe I'm prejudiced in favor of puppies who are old enough to be housebroken. (15 words)
Example sentences (6)
The dogs were housebroken, and learned basic obedience skills all with the anticipation of getting the dog adopted into its forever home.
Probably not even housebroken.
And certainly not White Housebroken,” Grey observes pityingly of a rakish Attorney General.
Cats are almost always naturally housebroken and will use a litter box even at an early age.
Maybe I'm prejudiced in favor of puppies who are old enough to be housebroken.
Oliver is housebroken and needs a home with teenagers or adults only.
Common combinations with housebroken
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: