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loll

[lol] / lɒl /


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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

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

"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

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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