'tongue' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'tongue' with 20 example sentences.
- tongue noun
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: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
: any long thin projection that is transient
: a manner of speaking
: a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
: the tongue of certain animals used as meat
: the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
: metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- tongue verb
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: articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
: lick or explore with the tongue
Open your mouth and stick out your tongue.
She can touch her nose with her tongue.
His name is on the tip of my tongue.
He wet his lips with his tongue.
Translating helps us to know our mother tongue better.
Ouch! I bit my tongue.
Italian is my mother tongue.
The cat got your tongue?
How long has your tongue been that color?
Lisa is German. German is her mother tongue.
A dog controls its temperature by panting with its tongue out.
The coffee was so hot that I nearly burned my tongue.
The official tongue of Grenada is English.
Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
I have the word on the tip of my tongue.
The children tried to catch snowflakes on their tongues.
A woman's tongue is her sword.
You must educate your tongue to distinguish good coffee from bad.
The tongue is the heart's translator.
The patient showed the doctor his tongue.