loll
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Wouldn’t our tongues loll back into our throats?
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
On Monday, a four-person crew took motorboat into the area where she likes to swim, dive for urchins and crabs, and loll in the kelp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 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
Piano chords loll in the speaker of the wireless in the guard station, projecting rich blacks and complicated blues down the hall toward the key pound.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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And when Harry kisses Heather, his tongue lolls out the side of his mouth wriggling back and forth like a blind worm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
One of his boots has lost its lace, and its tongue lolls cannibalistically.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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"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
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
Eventually he slept with his head lolled forward and stayed that way until Leo Lassen went shrill again in ecstasy about the game.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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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 section once held a restaurant, a public restroom building, and several sea lion viewing holes — openings in the decking used to watch the pinnipeds lolling on the crossbeams below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2025
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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