How to Use lapdog in a Sentence

lapdog

noun

• God did not create man and then give him a lapdog to play with.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
• Customers pay by the seat, so there’s no charge for lapdogs.
  — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026
• Duffy jersey Sadie’s been known to wear while still acting like a lapdog?
  — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, 1 Mar. 2018
• If your ideal partner in crime is a tiny lapdog, a Shorkie might be a great fit.
  — Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 24 July 2022
• That so many of our most powerful watchdogs have turned into lapdogs.
  — Helen Ubiñas, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• Vladimir Putin must feel like a lapdog who is suddenly banished from the couch to the basement.
  — Josef Joffe, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
• As a result, Jolie spent ample time behind the scenes learning commands and giving treats to the movie’s loyal lapdogs.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
• Even faithful lapdog Lindsey Graham thought the Dingell attack was a bridge too far.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2019
• Those quests are usually undertaken in pursuit of true love and require some kind of face-off with death, even when death is accompanied by a cute black lapdog.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023
• Then a lapdog belonging to the doctor’s mother (Kathleen Chalfant) dies.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2021
• Somebody was changing a baby’s diaper, while another passenger tried to keep a lapdog under control.
  — The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2022
• Putin became Lukashenko’s patron—or, put another way, Lukashenko transformed into Putin’s lapdog.
  — Casey Michel, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
• Researchers believe the lapdog-size animal may have been venomous because of a distinctive groove along the upper jaw, similar to a duct that transports venom from gland to tooth in some snakes.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2015
• No bigger than a lapdog, these marsupials are famous for their ferocity and powerful jaws, which can reduce large carcasses to smithereens in minutes.
  — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 5 Oct. 2020
• Estimated to be around 10 years old, this Chihuahua mix has an extensive resume as both a loyal companion lapdog and bodyguard.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
• But by Roman period, evidence shows that our canine companions started to shrink, with lapdogs becoming more popular.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
• On the other hand, toy breeds, like Pomeranians, prefer to be lapdogs, according to the American Kennel Club.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
• Regardless, the core problem here is that the FHFA is supposed to be the housing finance industry’s watchdog, not its lapdog.
  — Norbert Michel, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• Kan and Noda, both former finance ministers, are now criticized as lapdogs of Tokyo's powerful mandarins, chiefly because of their willingness to raise taxes.
  — Takashi Yokota, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2011
• Over the course of three seasons, Kendall has served as both a lapdog and direct adversary of Logan and displays his emotional woundedness through his struggles with various addictions.
  — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2023
• History is strewn with the wreckage of dictatorships that have attracted and promoted incompetent lapdogs lacking talent or integrity.
  — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2025
• Archie spends a majority of the season as Hiram's lapdog, helping him out with various tasks, even aggressively scaring off two other mob bosses who attempt to take out Hiram.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 8 Oct. 2018
• Trump—through his lapdog chair of the FCC—is creating the fear & intimidation that serves an instrument of authoritarian power.
  — James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• That meant, of course, that Byron, the King Charles spaniel, notable lapdog and occasional Chopard mascot, would be in attendance alongside his mistress, the co-president.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• These can be summarized as a debate about whether the media are watchdogs, aggressively scrutinizing government officials, or lapdogs, mostly colluding with or manipulated by them.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
• The company’s founder and CEO, Tom Stevens, says the idea to create the robotic lapdog came from his mother, who had to give up her real dog after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
  — Rena Goldman, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• And then there's the bafflement by so many as to why the Republican leadership has been scared Shih Tzu into lapdog mode as to its responsibility to be some sort of a check on a national executive that's gone to the zoo.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 May 2017
• Unlike other political appointees, IGs were intended to serve across administrations as watchdogs for the taxpayer, not presidential lapdogs.
  — Linda Thompson Gonzalez, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
• After close examination, conservators found that a lapdog was originally included in Picasso's painting Le Moulin de la Galette, but was later painted out.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
• Good government is about being transparent, and this is the latest instance of those in charge of our children’s safety making no pretense about being slobbering lapdogs for the National Rifle Association.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 June 2018