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
You’ve seen them out there — well-fed cats, sometimes with collars on, stalking the streets like they own them or collapsing on a warm sidewalk to loll in the sun.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 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
The wolf let his tongue loll out between his teeth, tasting the frigid air, his breath misting as snowflakes melted on his tongue.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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And when Harry kisses Heather, his tongue lolls out the side of his mouth wriggling back and forth like a blind worm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
He closes his eyes and his head lolls to one side.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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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
They bobbed and lolled in it, drank it — hot, sometimes sulfurous-smelling water that, as one ad promised, “sparkles and foams like champagne!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
"He opened his mouth, lolled his tongue, and with child-like abandon licked an imaginary cone, his diamond pinky ring sparkling in the bar lights," Kucinich writes.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2021
With free popcorn and Oscar ballots snatched up from a banquette, chicly attired attendees tasked a short-staffed bar with their orders and lolled in comfy chairs.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2019
Their tongues lolled out so that they seemed to smile mockingly.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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A great many dogs run up to me, tails wagging, tongues lolling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
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
Parker Head had become a curved slope lolling easily and lazily up against houses and over fences, leaving a bare patch now and again to show just how high the snow had reached.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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