hangdog

Example Sentences

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Finn Russell looked hangdog - and that takes some doing.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 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

The hangdog look left his eyes, and the hunch went out of his shoulders.

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