loll
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The world’s tiniest monkeys, called pygmy marmosets, scamper over branches, and the world’s largest rodents, capybaras, loll along riverbanks.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 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
And, consequently, masks loll on chins, hang below the nose and sometimes rest atop heads like eyeglasses.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
It let its tongue loll out and its nostrils widen.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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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
Karyn closes her eyes and lolls her head.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2019
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
His tongue lolled out, and his wide, square jaw was open as if he was grinning ear to ear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
"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
While Dudley lolled around watching and eating ice cream, Harry cleaned the windows, washed the car, mowed the lawn, trimmed the flower beds, pruned and watered the roses, and repainted the garden bench.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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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
Woodward, a social media influencer who goes by the tag @NativeSantaCruz on Twitter, Instagram and Threads, said that as recently as Friday, 841 had been been swimming, lolling and feeding solo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
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
Dozens of paintings of harems, fat women lolling on divans, turbans on their heads or velvet caps, being fanned with peacock tails, a eunuch in the background standing guard.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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