tongue

Example Sentences

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“Offal wasn’t rationed during the war, and my mother resorted to the sort of food she’d eaten as a child: tripe and onions, brains, tongue and braised rabbit,” he told the Independent in 2009.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The report said it was very likely that the glacier tongue would break off in the coming years, splitting the glacier in two.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Alhambra was another one of L.A.’s unofficial Chinatowns where everyone still spoke their native tongue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

The meal begins with scallop brightened with currant and rye-seasoned buttermilk, then slow-cooked reindeer, sirloin and tongue, finished over wood, mushroom purée beneath and fermented cabbage cutting richness.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

I still had my arms around Rowdy and was trying to dodge his lapping tongue when I saw a movement from the corner of my eye.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls