licking
Example Sentences
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Lower rates would be welcome news for tech investors, who are still licking their wounds from the past week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
De Angelis and Waltz are also a hoot together, she as a heaving, hissing vampire bride who can’t stop licking her chops, he as a bone-dry vampire hunter dedicated to his investigation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
It’s when we enjoy slices of birthday cake to our hearts’ content, savoring every single crumb and licking our plates clean of any frosting.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
Conditions in Adelaide - a flat pitch, baking sun and Australia batting first - would have had Smith licking his lips.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025
Immediately about a dozen other monkeys darted over and started licking him all over.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.