puppy love

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023

Knowing she will not live much beyond 16, she wants to experience everything she imagines the world has to offer — road trips, a robot butler, puppy love — while she can.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

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

And they called it puppy love: Coaches/besties Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart cheer on two teams of cuddly canines in the all-new special “Puppy Bowl XVIII.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2022

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