pound puppy

Example Sentences

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She was as vulnerable as a pound puppy yet resolute and determined to find what she needed to live the life she wished for.

From Los Angeles Times

First, there’s “Pound Puppy,” an instant classic of the “ridiculously impractical solution to a problem, presented as if it were normal” genre:

From Slate

If “Pound Puppy” is a straightforward sales pitch for a ludicrous product, “Roach-Ex” is a ludicrous sales pitch for a straightforward product.

From Slate

I can’t say what could possibly draw a little girl to such a nightmare — shouldn’t I have been playing with my Pound Puppy or something? — but I was transfixed and immediately took the magazine to my dad, who I presumed had never heard of this massive historical event.

From Washington Post

Their dog, a pound puppy, is reserved and never goes sniffing where not invited, he said.

From Seattle Times