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'tongue' in a sentence

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tongue noun

: 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

: 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.
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