loll
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Members paced back and forth in the chamber, some letting their heads loll back over their chairs.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2023
Unfortunately, one can no longer walk out and loll about on the Hollywood carpet, as was possible in Santa Fe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
"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
And, consequently, masks loll on chins, hang below the nose and sometimes rest atop heads like eyeglasses.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 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
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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
As he lolls affably on a sofa at a Soho hotel, it’s hard to reconcile the humble McBride with characters like West, or the conceited televangelist Jesse Gemstone.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2020
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
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"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
The bike’s rear tire whirred in place, kicking up water and mud while the sidecar — a hospital bed on wheels, under a white canvas canopy — lolled dangerously.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
His models, in defiance of traditional posing, lolled and slouched, their faces slack with boredom or fatigue.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2022
His tongue lolled out between his sharp yellow teeth, licking his colourless lips.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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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
That seesawing piano riff on the soundtrack could be rain droplets or an improvisatory theme for a couple lolling around an open-air market trying on sunglasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
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
A wave of nausea swept over me at the sight of her head lolling this way and that when I put her back to bed.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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