hangdog

Example Sentences

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‘THE OUTLAWS’ Prime Video Gangly, gawky Stephen Merchant puts his physicality and hangdog persona to fine use in this British crime comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

A four-star review from The Telegraph praised McKellen, and said his performance "stirs the soul" as he plunges "from sackswilling, swaggering cheer to hangdog melancholy".

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2024

He has a flair for deadpan sarcasm and cynicism, a great hangdog expression, and you get him to sing in one scene.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 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

He allowed himself to be pulled behind a wall, while the owner followed with a hangdog look.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer