hangdog
Example Sentences
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He has a flair for deadpan sarcasm and cynicism, a great hangdog expression, and you get him to sing in one scene.
From Salon
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
Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s hangdog former lawyer, is a key witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s case.
From New York Times
And again, Sandler channels a hangdog torpor, almost a melancholic air, in a performance that bristles with comic realism.
From New York Times
The hangdog expression he habitually wears he describes as “resting dead wife face.”
From Los Angeles Times
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