licking
Example Sentences
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Now the leopard is licking their faces, and they are bewildered.
From Salon
Value investors in the U.S. have spent the past decade licking their wounds as a result.
From Barron's
Conditions in Adelaide - a flat pitch, baking sun and Australia batting first - would have had Smith licking his lips.
From BBC
Lockjaw licking his comb to tidy his bangs.
From Los Angeles Times
Even if this England team was going well, I'd be licking my lips at the prospect of bowling to them, knowing one mistake could bring three or four.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
