loll
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The nearly 200 people gathered on this January evening just past 9 p.m. stand on stools and chairs in the back and loll on the sidewalk on their elbows in the front.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
Wouldn’t our tongues loll back into our throats?
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Members paced back and forth in the chamber, some letting their heads loll back over their chairs.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2023
"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
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
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
Karyn closes her eyes and lolls her head.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2019
His tongue lolls out the side of his mouth as the boat makes its way across the Puget Sound.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
"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
His models, in defiance of traditional posing, lolled and slouched, their faces slack with boredom or fatigue.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2022
“There’s no real formula or that much thought given to it,” the performer said during a freewheeling Zoom chat from his Los Angeles home as his boxer, Gracie, lolled nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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
He lolled and squealed, and I untied my apron.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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
He thought there could be deathships out there yet, drifting with their lolling rags of sail.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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