Sentence examples for a lapdog for from inspiring English sources
In earlier hearings, some members of Congress accused the agency of being a "lapdog" for the automobile industry.
I'd hardly go so far as to claim that a certain columnist at the Financial Times is a lapdog for the oligarchic elite.
Further, some lawmakers have accused the agency of being a "lapdog" for the industry in the past, by agreeing to let carmakers order minimal recalls or avoid them completely, a charge Mr. LaHood refutes.
This spaniel was thought to originate from Malta and was sought out only as a lapdog for "daintie dames".
Rupert Murdoch: "I am sorry I let my major news network act as a lapdog for the Bush administration, instead of practicing responsible, civic-minded journalism that might have informed the American people".
The first guy right out of the box said, "Well you're a politician so right away we know you're a liar and a thief, and you're a lapdog for the DNC".
The term has caught on to an extent that eluded the president's previous array of adjectives for people with pro-American leanings: "lackeys" or "tin soldiers" or, in the case of one Mexican president, a "lapdog of the empire".
His allies suspect a plot to silence an awkward figure and to turn COSATU into a lapdog of the ruling party.
Apart from the liberal intelligentsia, who detest Putin's "managed democracy", and xenophobic extremists, for whom all evil in Russia comes from illegal migrants while Putin is a lapdog of the west, the bulk of society would happily go along with whomever Putin considers appropriate.
The British financial-services watchdog, criticised for being a lapdog before the financial crisis, has since bared its teeth, this year fining JPMorgan Chase a record £33.3m.An Indian government panel advised against allowing Vedanta Resources to mine for bauxite in the eastern state of Orissa.
One might expect no more intelligence and morality than from a lapdog (and it was an untranslatable Austrian slang word for a pet that Adolf used for her nickname).
