hungry puppy

Example Sentences

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“After she spoke, I followed her around like a hungry puppy for the next seven hours,” he told me.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2019

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From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

Accustomed to the Spartan fare of vagabondage I plunged into the dishes head foremost like a hungry puppy.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John

I used to snap up everything like a hungry puppy, Uncle Peter often said.

From At the Crossroads by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

However, the recovery from both situations is often the same. :hungry puppy: n.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.