hangdog
Example Sentences
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A four-star review from The Telegraph praised McKellen, and said his performance "stirs the soul" as he plunges "from sackswilling, swaggering cheer to hangdog melancholy".
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
As a detective, he’s a superhero, with keen powers of observation, but as a person, he’s the hangdog underdog, the little guy, upon whom his foes look with disdain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 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
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
Even three stories up, Luke could see Matthew’s hangdog expression.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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