tongue
Example Sentences
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We don’t have raspberry receptors on the tongue, nor is raspberry flavor some combination of sweet, sour and bitter.
From Science Daily
The giraffe bent its knobby head down and wrapped a purplish tongue around the carrot Nicole was holding.
From Literature
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As if to prove him right, a tongue of water licked out from under the tree.
From Literature
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He squinted and wiggled and stuck his tongue out, and they all laughed.
From Literature
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A dad-of-two nearly lost his tongue after a small lump under his jaw turned out to be cancer.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.