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[lol] / lɒl /


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The nearly 200 people gathered on this January evening just past 9 p.m. stand on stools and chairs in the back and loll on the sidewalk on their elbows in the front.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

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

As if time had slowed down as it does for the dying, I watched him loll his weight forward, sliding into an easy lope, head tilted, coming toward me in a casual arc.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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

Behind a guard house lolls a mix of low-slung brick residence halls, classroom buildings and restaurants, a fieldstone plaza with a fireplace, hiking trails and a helipad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2018

The great head lolls around and looks at me as it rises on a swell.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

"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

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

On a recent afternoon, baby sea lions, Galapagos pigeons and Sally Lightfoot crabs scrambled across the rocks or lolled in the sunbaked sand on Mosquera’s southern shore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2020

Mr. Norton's head lolled upon his chest as though he were drunk or dead.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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

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

Working from Chinese models, Ryozen painted the arhat Bhadra with his mouth lolling open, his extra-long eyelashes drooping like palm fronds.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022

Tongue lolling, bright, beady eyes—I swear this dog grins.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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