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tongue Examples

EN[ˈtʌŋ] [ˈtɒŋ] [-ʌŋ]
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    Examples of tongue in a Sentence

  • Examples of tongue
    1. If the slogan is somewhat "tongue in chic," to use Lehrman's phrase, it's not far off base.
    2. For a touch of tongue in chic, Naco-Paris, an indie street designer, has been described by the French press as fashion’s Robin Hood with his minimalism and punk attitude that often denounces the consumption craze promoted by the luxury industry.
    3. He says that tongue-lolling is not an unsoundness. It certainly is an unsoundness, not a disease.
    4. He promised himself that no matter what happened he would not do the tongue-lolling thing.
    5. The tongue-lolling bit was devised to overcome these habits.
    6. The tendency of the nervous horse to loll his tongue can often be cured by the use of the "tongue-lolling bit."
  • Examples of tongues
    1. an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues
    2. I attended a worship service where I was astounded to see holy rollers convulsing on the floor and speaking in tongues.
    3. My good lady wife invited many and often her friends to a dish of cauliflower cooked as it ought to be and finely seasoned, and you ought to see how they slickered their tongues; it looked like appetite all over their faces.
    4. Aery tongues that syllable men's names — Milton.
    5. The coincidence in modern tongues between harmony, as spoken of sounds, with any other concordance or systematicity— is one derived from ancient Greek sources and roots [ … ] .
    6. a soil horizon that tongues into clay
    7. waggers of tongues
  • Examples of tongued
    1. As poisonous tongued as handed
    2. He's a sharp-tongued boy.
    3. Here were four elegant women, co-workers at Sugarbaker & Associates, an Atlanta design firm — sharp-tongued but affectionate, unfailingly well-mannered, makeup always just so — who appeared to be standing tall for Southern belledom.
    4. twilight, twi-tongued
    5. two-edged , two-faced , two-headed , two-tongued , two-way
  • Examples of tonguing
    1. Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.
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