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

Initially it was puppy love, with four-month-old Davy getting along well with his adopted siblings and seemingly enjoying the limelight.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023

But they also started talking about their onetime puppy love, and how it had grown into something more substantial.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2021

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