tongue

Example Sentences

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“I wanted our house to feel really warm and bring nature inside,” says Lindsay, referring to the Western hemlock tongue and groove planks that she and Daniel installed on the walls and ceilings.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a slip of the tongue, but one that could have been corrected immediately.

From BBC

The ring for this match was oversized, roughly the square footage of Wyoming, providing Paul plenty of room to run, skip, backpedal, and, weirdly, flick a lizard tongue at a circling Joshua.

From The Wall Street Journal

Paul responded by sticking out his tongue, playing to the theatre.

From BBC

It just created this real, almost, like, subconscious intimacy because it’s the mother tongue.

From Los Angeles Times