Examples of 'dog-eared' in a sentence

Meaning of "dog-eared"

dog-eared (verb) - To fold down the corner of a page in a book to mark your place. This action is commonly done when a reader wants to remember a specific page for later reference or finish reading a passage at a later time
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  • Of a page in a book or other publication: having its corner folded down, either due to having been read many times, or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.
  • Ragged, worn-out; also, hackneyed, tired.

How to use "dog-eared" in a sentence

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One dog-eared noncom barracks after another.
Might have been why he dog-eared the pages.
Mel dog-eared this page on puncture wounds.
I can read you like a Dog-Eared goddamn book.
I have a dog-eared copy of sudden evolution on my book shelf.
Where hands whiter than dog-eared stars at noon.
The dog-eared pages made the book less valuable.
A longer version of this article was originally published on his blog, Dog-Eared Passport.
They are all dog-eared and the spines are cracked.
That was when I noticed there were three dog-eared pages.
And the most dog-eared piece of literature in the bathroom.
You know, Leonard once borrowed my Edmund Scientific catalogue and dog-eared some pages.
She dog-eared the page and set the book aside.
You know, Leonard once borrowed my Edmund Scientific catalog and dog-eared some pages.
They are all dog-eared and the spines are cracked because he read them so many times.

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I hope that this Human Resources Strategy will become dog-eared in the hands of the personnel.
Conveniently dog-eared to the pages of indigenous women bearing their breasts, and nature magazines.
Well, I came over because I noticed that your journal has a lot of dog-eared pages.
I have a dog-eared copy of Sudden evolution on my bookshelf.
A book can be marked up and dog-eared.
Dog-eared pages were Antichrist of book lovers everywhere.
You even dog-eared the pages.
Or did you run straight to the dog-eared pages?
I dog-eared the ones that I think you would slay.
I think we dog-eared every page.
I dog-eared some pages I thought you and Jeff might like.
A lot of dog-eared pages.
And a dog-eared copy of Teen People magazine . Someone found it next to a can of Fresca.
Stole me a dog-eared map.
And I had dog-eared all of the restaurants that had any sort of reputation.
The magazines were dog-eared.
I love the dog-eared pages to remind me where I left off.
Some pages are dog-eared.
And a dog-eared copy of Teen People magazine.
I wonder if hunting stimulated her dog-eared girl instincts?
She dog-eared the page in a catalogue.
Have you truly read it, or did you run straightaway to the dog-eared pages?
It was all dog-eared and scribbled on.
Old friends pass through our lives similar to characters in a time-worn, dog-eared novel.
It was dog-eared and dirty.
Yeah . Might have been why he dog-eared the pages.
I dog-eared almost every page.
Their old ones have got dog-eared pages, passages underlined.
I dog-eared nearly every page.
He thumbed through old books with dog-eared pages, books he 'd read a hundred times.
With dog-eared pages. a couple of the magazines appear to be older.
The friendly passport, petite, colorful, a little dog-eared but undoubtedly the international traveler 's best friend.
Is so dog-eared and underlined, you can barely read the words anymore.
A stuffed animal, a dog-eared copy of Middlemarch.
I will bet you wish you were a real … You dog-eared monkey.

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