Sentence examples for tongues over from inspiring English sources

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The snakes flicked their tongues over the squirrel-only scent, but not over the combined scent or the snake-only scent.

Lawyers representing Uber workers have accused the company of "doublespeak" and speaking with "forked tongues" over claims of job creation and its relationship with drivers.

Understanding the behavior of ice shelves, which stretch out from the ice sheets like gigantic tongues over the water beneath, is key to understanding how ice sheets will behave in a warming world.

And when the waiter comes by to ask if they are enjoying their meal, they run their tongues over the fibers and mold stuck between their teeth and nod".

In the 2nd-century Apocalypse of Peter, for example, blasphemers hang by their tongues over a lake of flaming mire, murderers are tortured in the sight of their victims, and slanderers have their eyes burned out by hot irons.

Bragg describes it in almost Darwinian terms, a "subtle and ruthless" survivor that defeated competing tongues over the next three cen turies, refusing to marry with the indigenous Celtic language (which has left us only about two dozen words).

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Then they stuck out their tongues, stooped over, touched hands and shrieked like monkeys.

Unesco has stressed the significance of the mother tongue for over 50 years.

"No Hay Igual" is a hip hop and reggaeton song, that has a Spanglish tongue twister over "future-tropic" beats.

From here the tongue took over, distributing the chocolate, crumbs, pecans, and coconut into the left and right cheeks.

He ran his tongue over his lips, tasting ash.

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