loll
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Wouldn’t our tongues loll back into our throats?
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Members paced back and forth in the chamber, some letting their heads loll back over their chairs.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2023
"There's a scene with Eagly sticking his face out the window of a car and letting us tongue loll," said Baker.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2022
And, consequently, masks loll on chins, hang below the nose and sometimes rest atop heads like eyeglasses.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
The only thing in this balcony is a gauzy hammock, a light and airful place for me to loll about.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
The painting portrays a moment in an ancient Cretan myth recounted in Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”: Zeus descends to Earth, transforms himself into a white bull and lolls among the herds belonging to the Phoenician king.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Her head nods and lolls about, but she’s otherwise motionless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
The plant fans and the history fans leaned in to admire the perennials and centuries-old trees on the lawns where Commander the dog lolls and Marine One the helicopter lands.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
The dog’s snout lolls in the woman’s open palm.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
Eden lets out a pained yelp, and his head lolls to one side, resting against John's neck.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
"I hope one day there will be a cinema, so I can go to the cinema and eat popcorn," said 13-year-old Mohammad Zidan as other children lolled in the sand, giggling at the cartoon.
From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2023
Legs tucked underneath me as my head lolled to the side, my whole body buzzed with sunburnt warmth and fatigue from a day of walking through echo-y museum hallways and cobblestoned streets across Paris.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023
His tongue lolled out, and his wide, square jaw was open as if he was grinning ear to ear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
Open title — and dumped his whole body onto to the court, miming a PlayStation move as he lolled like a dead fish.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
His tongue lolled, long and unnatural, out the side of his mouth.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
TOPANGA, Calif.— L.A.’s newest celebrity enjoys strolling the Malibu coast, dining on sushi, and lolling about the backyards of the rich and famous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Indeed, perked up ears with a tongue lolling does not read as scared so much as “squirrel!”
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025
Woodward, a social media influencer who goes by the tag @NativeSantaCruz on Twitter, Instagram and Threads, said that as recently as Friday, 841 had been been swimming, lolling and feeding solo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
Let us recall that many Americans have opted for the proverbial staycation — dutifully staying at home during their time off and lolling in the backyard rather than at a fancy resort or theme park.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
Jasper sloped in to join us, too warm in the sun, his tongue lolling from his mouth.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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