hangdog

Example Sentences

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Dressed in a blue blazer, Mr Cohen had ditched the tie but kept his signature hangdog expression and thick Long Island accent.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2023

In contrast, Walls' Kamal is the film's point guard, carrying the film with his dexterity as well as his deadpan and hangdog expressions.

From Salon • May 18, 2023

And again, Sandler channels a hangdog torpor, almost a melancholic air, in a performance that bristles with comic realism.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

The hangdog expression he habitually wears he describes as “resting dead wife face.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2023

“It’s £ash and Jewel and Vardaman and Dewey Dell,” pa says, kind of hangdog and proud too, with his teeth and all, even if he wouldn’t look at us.

From "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner