loll
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Members paced back and forth in the chamber, some letting their heads loll back over their chairs.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2023
You’ve seen them out there — well-fed cats, sometimes with collars on, stalking the streets like they own them or collapsing on a warm sidewalk to loll in the sun.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
"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 wolf let his tongue loll out between his teeth, tasting the frigid air, his breath misting as snowflakes melted on his tongue.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
Karyn closes her eyes and lolls her head.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2019
A ruptured melon lolls in the drive like an amputated head.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
"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
The bike’s rear tire whirred in place, kicking up water and mud while the sidecar — a hospital bed on wheels, under a white canvas canopy — lolled dangerously.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
They bobbed and lolled in it, drank it — hot, sometimes sulfurous-smelling water that, as one ad promised, “sparkles and foams like champagne!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
"He opened his mouth, lolled his tongue, and with child-like abandon licked an imaginary cone, his diamond pinky ring sparkling in the bar lights," Kucinich writes.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2021
He lolled his head on the crumpled pillow.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
That seesawing piano riff on the soundtrack could be rain droplets or an improvisatory theme for a couple lolling around an open-air market trying on sunglasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
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
Everything the dog did, he imitated, flopping down at last with his tongue lolling out.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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