lingual

Example Sentences

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He also suggested Patient A underwent a lingual tongue-tie release, which he said would allow her to rest with her tongue on the roof of her mouth and strengthen the jaw.

From BBC

It seemed likely that the author was aware of the potential of those words to challenge “She sells sea shells by the sea shore” in the lingual dexterity sweepstakes.

From Washington Post

Davies’ gift for caustic witticisms is at its full strength in these scenes, in which Siegfried, for all his own lingual flair, is often overmatched by his paramours for sheer drawing-room-comedy vitriol.

From Los Angeles Times

She reached for a bit of lingual antiquity and metaphor that tracks closely to her own move to Vermont.

From New York Times

So, if you love to know that "night" comes from Old English "neaht," you could play this lingual game all day.

From Fox News