tongue

Oropharyngeal cancer affects the middle portion of the throat, including areas such as the tonsils and base of the tongue.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

“But at the same time he doesn’t hold his tongue, right? If somebody does anything wrong by him or anyone else, Danny’s going to let you know.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

A girl aged nine hurt her tongue while eating a chocolate bar in Bremervörde, west of Hamburg.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Like breath strips, they dissolve on the tongue, claiming a faster way to better sleep, healthier skin and other benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

I look at his little face, tongue hanging out as he whines softly and pulls on his lead in the direction of the girl.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

When the bees in the detector sniff TNT, they stick out their tiny tongues, triggering an alarm and alerting their handlers to the presence of danger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"Petermann Glacier has long been one of Greenland's largest remaining ice tongues," says Garbo.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Dew gathers on their skin and is channelled towards their mouths through microscopic grooves, while their tongues can also collect fog water condensed on plants, sand and rocks.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

As a finicky eater who happens to be queer, Black and disabled, I wouldn’t touch durian, duck tongues or most of the basket items on the Food Network TV show, “Chopped.”

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

They had a fire on the beach that evening and steamed mussels so hot and chewy they burned their tongues on the tawny meat.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Folktales and fairy tales since the Middle Ages have vilified the wolf as “the Devil, red tongued, sulfur breathed, and yellow eyed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Some tongued plugs of tobacco and munched on day-old Domino’s Pizza.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2019

And witnessing that kind of droopy tongued joy has a way of rubbing off, and a way of making all those dog park visits and day care bills worth it.

From The Verge ● Nov. 8, 2015

Some of the most affecting moments were created by the flutist Claire Chase in conversation with the bassoonist Rebekah Heller as they traded gestures that were now liquid and vague, now sharply tongued and percussive.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2014

“I. .. own ... stores,” he roared, one word at a time, thick tongued.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

In general, these stories have a similar pleasure to tonguing a burn on the roof of one’s mouth—their pain is compulsive and satisfying, cathartic, in the most traditional, dramaturgical sense of the term.

From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2020

The strike of a hammer on the calf’s exposed femur revealed marrow with no resemblance to the pasty, whitish substance that domestic dogs are so fond of tonguing out of animal bones.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2017

Anyone can restore the "speaking-swinging" style to Bach by singing it with the old flute tonguing: did'll did'll, or even the scat syllables: da ba da ba of the Swingle Singers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sample tonguing: "Ulla, ulla, unga, unga garah, atta alia ungaraze."

From Time Magazine Archive

The dog tackled Rutilio and gave his face a thorough tonguing.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older