wagging
Example Sentences
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In a sense, it is like the tail wagging the dog.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
He played doubles with Emma Raducanu at last year's US Open, setting tongues wagging, but the British player has insisted they are "just good friends".
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
In the video, a gray pit bull named Valerio stood on a woman’s lap, furiously wagging his tail as he accepted her caresses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
“We aren’t going down a failed path,” Landry said, wagging his finger with each syllable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
In the midst of them was a cart, a long leiter-wagon which swept from side to side, like a dog’s tail wagging, with each stern inequality of the road.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
