How to Use tongue in a Sentence

tongue

1 of 2 noun

• They speak the same tongue.
• The taste of the spice was still on her tongue.
• The cow ran its tongue over its lips.
• The little girl stuck her tongue out at me.
• He spoke in a foreign tongue.
• English is my native tongue.
• His sharp tongue is going to get him into trouble someday.
• The video does not show the boy sucking the Dalai Lama’s tongue.
  — Joseph Wilkinson New York Daily News (tns), al, 11 Apr. 2023
• The finish lingers on the back of your tongue, with a hint of oak and smoke.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
• The pigs’ fat, meanwhile, is silken and truly melts on the tongue.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
• Even the gold tongues of fire atop the heart mimic real flames.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2023
• Aside from a few wagging tails and panting tongues, the crowd was hushed and still.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
• The f---ing goddamn snake’s tongue is flicking out at me.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• The Wicked Goods have the signature mock sewn toe box, the wrap around lace with a single pass though the tongue.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 28 Dec. 2022
• The jokes and cameos come fast and furious, tongue hard in cheek and winks aplenty.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 18 July 2023
• As with the rest of this game, her tongue’s firmly in cheek, though the satire could stand to have a little more bite.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• Next, make sure the brush reaches the cheek, tongue, and chewing surfaces of each tooth.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
• They’re also designed with a 3-inch heel and pull tabs on both the heel and tongue for easy on-off.
  — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
• However, a word of caution: This dish is not for the faint of heart — or tongue.
  — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• In the end, after all those rumors and all that tongue-clucking, no.
  — Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2022
• The Sock-Fit XT tongue adds a touch of comfort, and the inner sole feels great when covering the ground.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2023
• The tongue of the glacier is covered with debris that can also shield the glacier from melting.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Dec. 2022
• Then, the ornate silver scissors and the tongue business.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
• The smooth, lush mouthfeel of the liquid gliding over the tongue gives way to a long and pleasant finish.
  — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2023
• Biting their tongues, Art and Frank even met the artist and his manager.
  — Jason Kersten, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2024
• Tense your tongue muscles to squeeze the sublingual gland.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 27 July 2023
• With a soft, stretchy tongue and support through the arch and heel, it's designed to keep you comfy on long strolls.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 11 Oct. 2023
• In the second shot of the photo series, Zeta-Jones sticks out her tongue.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
• The tongue scraper side has three different layers to really get into all the grooves of your tongue.
  — Daley Quinn, Verywell Health, 1 Apr. 2024
• In an abject effort to persuade Lee not to reveal this to her, Oh barks like a dog, licks Lee’s shoes, and cuts off his own tongue with scissors.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024

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tongue

2 of 2 verb

• In the painted world, Beaverbrook is stricter and Maugham more acid-tongued than ever.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 5 July 2018
• If your colleagues or clients grow irate over unanswered emails, tell them to submit a complaint to Slinky, the blue-tongued skink.
  — Andrea Sachs, The Seattle Times, 25 Dec. 2017
• Along with the Burmese Python, Andersen brought an armadillo, a chinchilla, a leopard tortoise and an Australian blue-tongued skink.
  — Lisa Dejong, cleveland.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Sullivan elicits the suave personality of the silver-tongued attorney, but also imbues him with a tough guy persona.
  — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• In Semple’s depiction, Bernadette is more than just crabby and eloquently viper-tongued; she’s possessed by a sociopolitical bitterness, as well.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
• Broussard is just one of Burke’s finely nuanced characters; others include a silver-tongued, wealthy, ostensibly populist businessman who is snugly in bed with white nationalists.
  — Adam Woog, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2018
• In the painted world, Beaverbrook is stricter and Maugham more acid-tongued than ever.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 5 July 2018
• If your colleagues or clients grow irate over unanswered emails, tell them to submit a complaint to Slinky, the blue-tongued skink.
  — Andrea Sachs, The Seattle Times, 25 Dec. 2017
• Along with the Burmese Python, Andersen brought an armadillo, a chinchilla, a leopard tortoise and an Australian blue-tongued skink.
  — Lisa Dejong, cleveland.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Sullivan elicits the suave personality of the silver-tongued attorney, but also imbues him with a tough guy persona.
  — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• In Semple’s depiction, Bernadette is more than just crabby and eloquently viper-tongued; she’s possessed by a sociopolitical bitterness, as well.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
• Broussard is just one of Burke’s finely nuanced characters; others include a silver-tongued, wealthy, ostensibly populist businessman who is snugly in bed with white nationalists.
  — Adam Woog, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024