Example Sentences

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Despite the best efforts of luxury-goods manufacturers and their attendant lap-dog press, fashion seemed to have mislaid the capital “F.”

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2013

As actor, writer or director, he knows something most Hollywood people don't: certain characters needn't be lap-dog lovable--if they're funny enough, the movies they're in can still be hits.

From Time Magazine Archive

“A horse,” he said, “isn’t any lap-dog kind of thing.”

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

No; it is not a sick lap-dog, or a saucy maid: there is some real trouble.

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

She had a little lap-dog, who was, next to the Doctor, her favorite.

From The True Benjamin Franklin by Fisher, Sydney George