Sentence examples for were tongue from inspiring English sources

Some were heartfelt, some were tongue in cheek.

Some of these references were tongue in cheek; few signaled a deep theological commitment.

"In writing this, are you serious?" "Parts of the article were tongue in cheek," Brick replied, looking uncomfortable.

Amongst the 16 patients, five were tongue type and 11 were joint depression types.

In his Facebook post Wednesday, he said those comments were "tongue in cheek".

The most common sites were tongue (International Classification of Diseases [ICD]-10 C01 and C02) and laryngeal/glottis (ICD-10 C32).

May later said that his comments were tongue-in-cheek.

May later said his comments were tongue-in-cheek.

Some of the criticisms were tongue-in-cheek.

Officials in Mr. Ebrard's cabinet were tongue-tied.

Mr. Pavia's friends -- many of them straight from the homespun W.P.A. -- were tongue-tied.