puppy love

Example Sentences

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“You know, you have puppy love experiences, you think that’s love,” she told Cosmopolitan in September 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

“Show a little puppy love to your pet and take it out of the carrying case,” Farbstein said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023

Velma asks, her voice desperate with puppy love.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

The letter is remarkable because the Nobel Literature Prize laureate author doesn’t simply brush off his then 14-year-old son Thomas’ feelings as childish puppy love.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

I suppose there’s A time in practically every young boy’s life when he’s affected by that wonderful disease of puppy love.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls