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: any of a breed of small sturdy compact dogs of Asian origin with a smooth, short coat, tightly curled tail, short muzzle, and broad wrinkled face
pugged; pugging
: to work and mix (a substance, such as clay) when wet especially to make more homogeneous and easier to handle (as in throwing or molding wares)
Examples of pug in a Sentence
Noun (2) a retired pug with battered ears and swollen knuckles
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New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026 Veronica, a pug with a spiky pink collar, trudged alongside her sister Betty, a thirteen-year-old hound, in Princeton one recent wet morning. —Gabriel Debenedetti, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 The pug made the perfect accessory. —Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026 This frenzy unfolded into a succession of rings, like craps tables at a casino, in which breed competitions were taking place simultaneously—churning packs of basenjis, salukis, Xoloitzcuintlis, whippets, shih tzus, rat terriers, malamutes, and pugs. —Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pug
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Noun
Dog breeds like pugs and French and English bulldogs now have significantly altered skull shapes that result in serious, and even life-threatening, issues created by our value of aesthetics. —New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026 Veronica, a pug with a spiky pink collar, trudged alongside her sister Betty, a thirteen-year-old hound, in Princeton one recent wet morning. —Gabriel Debenedetti, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 The pug made the perfect accessory. —Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026 This frenzy unfolded into a succession of rings, like craps tables at a casino, in which breed competitions were taking place simultaneously—churning packs of basenjis, salukis, Xoloitzcuintlis, whippets, shih tzus, rat terriers, malamutes, and pugs. —Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pug
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“Pug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/pug. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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