hangdog
Example Sentences
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Once he starts singing his own material, he becomes a bona fide rock star — a moody Elvis who straddles rock, country, folk and pop with a hangdog bravura.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
Finn Russell looked hangdog - and that takes some doing.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
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
Many fans often pointed out Ms. Presley’s resemblance to her father, including the same full lips and hangdog eyes.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
Muggles bustled past wearing the hangdog expressions of early morning, quite unconscious of the little inn’s existence.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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