“The goatee has survived but the puppyish plumpness of his face has been replaced by chiselled planes.”

“Romeo is a puppyish, rather goofy young man and Juliet a bratish adolescent who never matures into any really tragic strature.”

“Evans starts his new Radio 2 show this weekend, with puppyish excitement and goodwill bursting from all sides.”

“They're a bit more brutish looking than common seals, which have an almost puppylike, more rounded face and are smaller than greys with distinctive V-shaped nostrils.”