How to Use puppy dog in a Sentence

puppy dog

noun

• The sad puppy dog eyes were enough to melt hearts all over the country.
  — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 14 Feb. 2018
• The blue puppy dog was first seen in the parade in 1999 as a balloon and a float.
  — Thom Craver, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2019
• In the video, the dog, named Doakes, is shown staring up at the camera from his cage with puppy dog eyes.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Dec. 2021
• The dogs had a meaty eye muscle to lift their eyebrows and make puppy dog eyes.
  — Jeremy Rehm, latimes.com, 17 June 2019
• Should young players be little puppy dogs, in awe of the guys in their own room?
  — Peter King, SI.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• The love of your life to make your heart melt with those irresistible puppy dog eyes?
  — Madeline Purdue, USA TODAY, 23 July 2019
• And the price, puppy dog-like, followed the closing discount the whole way, rising 28%.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
• Finally, Toomey stretches her lats with a move called the puppy dog.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 5 Oct. 2022
• Choosing just six puppy dog food products to include on this list was not easy.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• Andrew is a puppy dog whom a viewer would feel guilty about hating.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022
• At cold temperatures, though, things will still be outside of their control; that may be the time to try puppy dog tails.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2014
• Sandy’s wife Kirsten, played by Kelly Rowan, must eventually warm to Ryan and his puppy dog eyes.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 13 Apr. 2021
• His Saber is one part cute-but-always-pissing-on-the-floor puppy dog, one part carnival barker, and a whole lot of amiable sleaze.
  — Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021
• In the first shot, Kevin, a white and grey pup with floppy ears, is shown standing outside giving some serious puppy dog eyes to the camera.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• Users will also be able to filter Snapchat lenses over their faces, like the epochal rainbow vomiting mouth or puppy dog ears.
  — Thuy Ong, The Verge, 3 Apr. 2018
• Rex's great acting and spot-on facial expressions were a close second, but those puppy dog eyes win every time.
  — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 13 Oct. 2021
• The adult dog food and puppy dog food is made with the goal of assisting dogs suffering from skin issues in maintaining a wonderful life.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
• There is also, perhaps inevitably, the boy who follows Sofía around like a puppy dog (Antar Machado as Lucas).
  — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 11 July 2019
• Schur’s scripts can be philosophically dense, but Bell is the perfect avatar for his ideas, all sunshine, puppy dogs, and bloodthirsty malice.
  — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 20 Nov. 2018
• The scientists behind the study say that a dog's adoring and pleading expression, known as puppy dog eyes, has been bred into canines to give them more human-like faces.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2022
• One of Peacemaker‘s most winning characters is Eagly, a pet eagle who’s basically just a puppy dog in feathers.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2022
• By paying a nice current yield now, and … Growing their payouts, which builds our yield on cost (bear that phrase in mind for a second), and Share-price growth, as dividend growers’ share prices, puppy dog–like, track their dividends higher.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• Snapchat Compatible with: smartphones, tablets Video chat with your Snapchat friends using the app’s chat feature (iconic puppy dog filter optional).
  — Courtney Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2020
• The researchers think that humans likely prefer interacting with subjects with visible sclera, hence the focus on puppy dog eyes.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2019
• Eubanks, meanwhile, supplied his usual supply of puppy dog energy.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024