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• s  showing a sense of guilt
  the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
• s  frightened into submission or compliance

• Bob Taft, Ohio: The only thing more stunning than the spectacle of a quivering, hangdog Ohio Governor pleading no contest in August to criminal charges is the fact that he is .
• Here Bana hits the right tone of hangdog perplexity and stalwart romance.
• The only thing more stunning than the spectacle of a quivering, hangdog Ohio Governor pleading no contest in August to criminal charges is the fact that he is still in office.

• guilty
• shamefaced
• shamed

News & Articles

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• Looking Sleepy Speaks Volumes, Study Says
  Others may misjudge you because of your droopy eyelids, hangdog expression
  Sept. 6, 2013 - WebMD

Quotes

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• Mike Selvey in New Zealand Herald
  They were undone by their own temperaments and a lack of technique in coping with (Monty) Panesar whose successful bowling downwind came only as a result of watching (Daniel) Vettori from the same end,Selvey wrote. "Their hangdog demeanour...
• Brad Gilbert in guardian.co.uk
  When I first saw Murray,Gilbert says, "I thought this guy walks real slow - but then I saw how fast he moves. [Pete] Sampras was the same. He had that kind of hangdog look where it seemed he could hardly take another step. And then he'd...
• Donald Young in ESPN
  I've learned a lot about how to compete out there, to never stop, don't get that hangdog look out there,Young said.