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Recent Examples of puppyIs this moving-picture love letter overly sentimental, sloppy to a fault, and slightly more affectionate toward its posthumous subject than a basket of puppies high on laughing gas?—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025 Other inmates train puppies to become service dogs.—Patrick Davis, NPR, 3 Sep. 2025 My biggest advice for new kitten or puppy owners is to groom, clip nails, and brush teeth regularly starting at a young age so they are desensitized to the grooming process.—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 2 Sep. 2025 Some are fantastical – think Shrimp Jesus – and some are believable at a quick glance – remember the little girl clutching a puppy in a boat during a flood?—Adam Nemeroff, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for puppy
Murphy barely generates a chuckle as a weary veteran intent on getting home for his anniversary (Eva Longoria, wasted as his wife) while Davidson’s horny puppy dog shtick wears thin after minute 10.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
His puppy dog demeanor was back, replacing the hangdog expression earlier.
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