Sentence examples for make terrible pets from inspiring English sources

And, like pythons, they are spectacular animals that make terrible pets.

In the end, we can all agree, children do make terrible pets.

The stark and atmospheric illustrations by Brown ("Children Make Terrible Pets"), working exclusively in shades of gray save the garish orange of the vegetables in question, are simply splendid.

Peter Brown's new book comes on very strong, which is appropriate because his heroine, a bear named Lucy who previously explored the boundaries of love and captivity in "Children Make Terrible Pets," is a lot to handle.

In "Children Make Terrible Pets," Peter Brown turns the classic picture book imagery of animals who act like people (or "people in animal suits," as it's said in the field) on its head with Lucy, an over-the-top feminine bear cub who finds a boy and wants to keep him as a pet.

Bob told me baby alligators make terrible pets.

They make terrible television.

Human beings make terrible drivers.

Everybody knows that outfielders make terrible gossips.

And some of us make terrible mistakes without being terrible people.

"They'd make terrible characters.