hangdog

Example Sentences

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Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s hangdog former lawyer, is a key witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s case.

From New York Times

And again, Sandler channels a hangdog torpor, almost a melancholic air, in a performance that bristles with comic realism.

From New York Times

In “Raising Arizona,” he offered an entire back story in his hangdog gaze alone.

From New York Times

For a time you couldn't turn on the TV without seeing Nunes' doleful, hangdog, visage defending Trump through thick and thin.

From Salon

Milioti's impressive, wide-eyed charisma and the hangdog blues Romano employs to paint his portrait of Hazel's father Herbert collaborate beautifully on this point.

From Salon