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Example sentences for "puppyish"

Lexicographically close words:
puppet; puppets; puppies; puppy; puppyhood; pups; pur; pura; purblind; purchace
  1. He began to swell; his fore-legs he planted pugnaciously, he hollowed his back, and began to bark with all the puppyish ferocity that was in him.

  2. Then it ran through him like a knife of fire, and with that pain the dog in him rose above the wolf, and he let out a wild outcry of puppyish yapping as he rolled and twisted on the ground.

  3. And then, close under him--not more than ten feet from where he lay--he saw something that almost gave voice to the puppyish longing for companionship that was in him.

  4. Out of the darkness two yards away came a soft, puppyish whine, and the caressing sound of Kazan's tongue.

  5. The old pirate might have beaten a retreat, but Baree was no longer the puppyish Baree of that hour in which he had fought young Papayuchisew.

  6. On the other hand, Baree no longer felt the old puppyish desire to play with the baby beavers, so their aloofness did not trouble him as in those other days.

  7. The genial, playful, puppyish side of him found little expression.

  8. She sniffed noses with him, and even condescended to leap about and frisk and play with him in quite puppyish fashion.

  9. From the adjoining stall, out of the darkness, there came a nasal puppyish whine and the protest of a straining chain.


  10. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "puppyish" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    beardless; boyish; childish; childlike; girlish; maiden; maidenly; puerile