tongue

Example Sentences

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We don’t have raspberry receptors on the tongue, nor is raspberry flavor some combination of sweet, sour and bitter.

From Science Daily

The giraffe bent its knobby head down and wrapped a purplish tongue around the carrot Nicole was holding.

From Literature

As if to prove him right, a tongue of water licked out from under the tree.

From Literature

He squinted and wiggled and stuck his tongue out, and they all laughed.

From Literature

A dad-of-two nearly lost his tongue after a small lump under his jaw turned out to be cancer.

From BBC