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
Boston-based RR Auction says the handwritten draft of a letter to his eldest son, Thomas — then 14 — shows the “Of Mice and Men” author’s empathy: He refused to dismiss it as puppy love.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022
“How old were you when you realized you could do that to people,” I asked, having melted into a puddle of puppy love.
From New York Times • May 25, 2022
That was the day my puppy love, my silly crush for her, changed into something else.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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