puppy love
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“Show a little puppy love to your pet and take it out of the carrying case,” Farbstein said.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023
Knowing she will not live much beyond 16, she wants to experience everything she imagines the world has to offer — road trips, a robot butler, puppy love — while she can.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022
Boston-based RR Auction says the handwritten draft of a letter to his eldest son, Thomas — then 14 — shows the “Of Mice and Men” author’s empathy: He refused to dismiss it as puppy love.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022
And they called it puppy love: Coaches/besties Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart cheer on two teams of cuddly canines in the all-new special “Puppy Bowl XVIII.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2022
That was the day my puppy love, my silly crush for her, changed into something else.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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