Example Sentences

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By contrast, Newsom has chosen a more, shall we say, diplomatic approach, playing to Trump’s puppylike need for constant praise and attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

In Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the series demoted the stoic Kiryu to a supporting role and introduced a new protagonist, the annoyingly optimistic, puppylike Ichiban Kasuga.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

He honestly does seem like an incredibly sweet guy, just as everybody in Seasons says, one with a huge heart, a sometimes astonishing vocal talent, and a puppylike distractibility by fast-moving things.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2020

“There’s a puppylike quality to him, and that’s not Pierre,” Bothwell said.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2015

Somewhere parrots squawked, somewhere else the puppylike yapping of toucans disturbed the solitude; nothing else.

From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)