Example Sentences

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He has a houndlike face, with droopy flews.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2020

He is a former professor of philosophy, carelessly dressed, with watery blue eyes and a fleshy, houndlike face.

From Time Magazine Archive

The overall impression was of a long face, a triangular face, a bit houndlike.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

The only houndlike thing about that interesting gentleman was that he made an attempt to ‘get to cover’ and to run away.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.

After testing a good deal of leather he settled down on a set of very long ones, that would not at all interfere with the long, springy movements of these beautiful houndlike dogs.

From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by Laughlin, J. E.