hangdog
Example Sentences
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“The Lowdown” tames Lee’s mania for his cause through the barely obscured current of hangdog defeat weakly powering his personal life.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
‘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
Finn Russell looked hangdog - and that takes some doing.
From BBC ● Sep. 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
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