By thumbing to the dog-eared pages, she quickly found the items in the catalog she wanted to order.
The pages in his favorite book were dog-eared from years of reading it at bedtime.
His eyes went to his book and stayed there long enough to finish a paragraph. He dog-eared it and put it down.
Originally used of the corners of pages that have become ragged through creasing, dog eared is now applied to any pages that have the appearance of heavy use. The term is confined mainly to American catalogues; the British prefer frayed..