wagging

Example Sentences

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Lisa said Winston now greeted their friends with a wagging tail and waited excitedly at the door for a walk.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

He played doubles with Emma Raducanu at last year's US Open, setting tongues wagging, but the British player has insisted they are "just good friends".

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

A lot of that might be the tail wagging the dog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

His dog, Jesus, a striking black-and-white pit bull, followed him everywhere, tail wagging like a punctuation mark.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

I took the dogs out of harness and rubbed their shoulders and marveled at Storm, who stood with his tail wagging, not bleeding any longer.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen