How to Use puppy love in a Sentence

puppy love

noun

• Judge Hardy overrules son Andy’s puppy love in the first film in the series.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
• This is puppy love and the performers need to look right in those roles.
  — Mike Giuliano, baltimoresun.com, 21 June 2019
• Word to the wise: Wear pants and close-toed shoes, and expect to get a little dirty from all the puppy love.
  — Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
• But as racy as the video is, fans are under no pretense that the two are in the throes of gay puppy love.
  — Alex Hawgood, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2020
• To a 15-year-old learning about puppy love, this set was my Bible.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 4 May 2020
• Shawn Mendes, the 22-year-old Canadian folk-pop singer with the velour trill, is a bard of puppy love.
  — Robyn Bahr, Billboard, 23 Nov. 2020
• Add a jack-o'-lantern with your dog's breed for some puppy love on Halloween.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2023
• It's been nonstop since she was born with all the puppy love and animal love and farm love ...
  — Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• That, for me, is praise for a work of art that’s as close to puppy love as this grizzled, jaded old WASP will ever feel.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 24 Aug. 2019
• Now, Wynn is set up in the social workers office and on-call for staffers who need some puppy love to relieve stress.
  — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 26 Mar. 2020
• Ohio's feeling the puppy love -- the state may soon name the Labrador retriever as its official dog.
  — Christina Kline, CNN, 20 Mar. 2018
• Or some people say your first love is puppy love, but your second love is the real love, and there are only two loves.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
• It’s all in the family with this beautiful story of puppy love and growth.
  — Essence, 21 Nov. 2022
• Disney is releasing a live-action remake of Lady and the Tramp — the 1955 film all about true puppy love.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Some might say there's no love like puppy love, and this 2-year-old golden retriever named Rosie has a huge case of it—for her own nine puppies.
  — Madison Alcedo, Country Living, 11 Dec. 2017
• Over the years, puppy love developed into real love and, now, soon-to-be marital bliss in 2020.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2019
• Actor Ryan Reynolds adopted his dog Baxter from a shelter and it's been puppy love ever since.
  — Chloe Melas, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
• Steven is a devout Mormon, and Alina has no clue what that is, but these two are obviously in puppy love.
  — Ashley Ray-Harris, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2021
• Gisele Bündchen is feeling the puppy love this Valentine's Day.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• James and his fiancée Alizee Thevenet have had a busy summer full of puppy love — in May, his dog Luna welcomed a litter of six healthy puppies.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2020
• Ahead, look back on Cyrus and Hemsworth's love story—from their teenage puppy love to their heartbreaking split and their very public moments of passion in between.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Apr. 2013
• Her early days of pop stardom were defined by her relationship with Justin Bieber, and the ghost of their puppy love seems to follow her today.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
• Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds may be gearing up to celebrate 11 years married this weekend, but their puppy love is still going strong.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
• There are multiple sites with others looking for puppy love.
  — Rosemary Donahue, Allure, 24 Feb. 2020
• Jughead's move to the Southside of town—along with his relationship to the Southside Serpents—will reportedly put a strain on their puppy love.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2017
• Kris goes so far as to read/narrate painful chapters from her own diary, some whimsical and tinged with puppy love, others drowning in melancholy.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
• We were accused of puppy love, infatuation, and naiveté, as if these traits were cardinal sins.
  — T Kira Madden, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• Kathy Griffin is getting all the puppy love after getting home from the hospital following surgery for lung cancer.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2021
• Buddy Holly’s puppy love malt shop rock n’ roll repurposed for this numinous oath.
  — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• There are bouts of puppy love (and more intense crushes), plenty of witty garbles from Sunny, and some Broadway-worthy performances from Harris (the end of episode three might be the grandest of them all).
  — Michaela Bechler, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024