wagging

Example Sentences

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Wagging tongues liked to point out that Stanton had first incorporated for a few years in the 1910s to stop Anaheim from making it into a sewer facility.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Wagging, which is mainly confined to domestic dogs, may represent a whole canine language that we are only beginning to understand.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 16, 2024

A similar sense of delight permeates “The Wagging Craze,” a theatrical piece White performed as a one-man show at Ars Nova in 2019.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022

Wagging tails and slobbery kisses can become barking, growling, and biting.

From National Geographic • Oct. 4, 2017

Wagging his long tail, he ran over and started barking and growling at the flouncing monkeys.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls