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Example sentences for "lolling"

Lexicographically close words:
loko; lokyd; loll; lolled; lollies; lollipop; lollipops; lolls; lollypop; lollypops
  1. His tongue was lolling out and Varis decided to have her first bite there.

  2. He found the Worm himself inside lolling lazily about.

  3. Rich dames, lolling in litters hung with painted Cordova leather, were carried to and fro on the shoulders of stalwart African slaves.

  4. I won't have strange men lolling in my house without my knowledge.

  5. On the cab-stand, lolling on his box, pretending to be half asleep, sat Mr. Grace.

  6. For the first time in over seven months Hilton found time actually to loaf; and he and Temple, lolling on the beach or hiking in the mountains, enjoyed themselves and each other to the full.

  7. Three-quarters of the staff were lolling on the sand or were seated on benches beside the immense pool.

  8. Reaching the gate they halted, but making no attempt, as yet, to dismount or open it, remained lolling on their horses and talking in low tones.

  9. Without noticing the young lady, James took a stride into the room, and looked all round, with his large tongue lolling about in his mouth, and the tip appearing between his half-open teeth.

  10. Jimmy, lolling crossways on one of the little let-down seats with his leg across the other, caught the glance, sprang up and thrust his head out at the window.

  11. But when she cast a glance of terror behind her she saw the bull lying on its side with lolling tongue and glazing eyes and the fangs of Black Dart were buried in its throat.

  12. I stood lolling on the steps at the coach-office door.

  13. His slim pink tongue lolling out with eagerness, he fell to digging with all his might, heedless of the angry, squeaking buzz which straightway began under his paws.

  14. Upon this, as if by mutual consent, the bunch would scatter, some to lie down with lolling tongues and rest, and some to set about an investigation of the problems of this entertaining world.

  15. His sides were sunken, from his lolling tongue fell clots of froth; nevertheless he wagged his tail and raised his eyes full of love at Nell as if he wanted to say: "Your father ordered me to watch over you, so here I am.

  16. For eating the zebra he received, however, from Nell a tongue-lashing which after all he did not take too much to heart as he did not even hide his lolling tongue, with which he came running in from the hunt.

  17. I cannot help thinking that if we spend one half of our days in pleasure and the other in lolling off its fatigues, we shall have passed through life more to our shame than our profit!

  18. Lolling on her cushions like Cleopatra, or a Queen of Sheba, Lena was reading a love-missive from a youthful bishop.

  19. Greek, lolling languidly, on the cool benches here, and pouring compliments (in the Ionic dialect) into the rosy ears of Neaera?

  20. He was lolling on his horse as if he could hardly hold himself on the saddle: or as if his cloak, fastened with a blazing diamond clasp on his breast, and falling over his horse's tail, pulled him back.

  21. It was a garlanded day, a day of clear blue spaces between lavender clouds lolling in the sky, and over all the late summer landscape a dull gold wash of sun.

  22. At the thought of my freedom in the fen I jumped to my feet and tried again and again, without success, each possible outlet, and then once more lay down with heaving side and lolling tongue to wait for the end.

  23. One big brute of a hound there was who espied me where I stood, still as if carved in stone, save for my heaving flank and lolling tongue.

  24. The three were lolling on their deck-chairs, when a fourth figure was seen slowly rising from the companion-way.

  25. He advanced thus into the very thickest of the cavalry, with the tranquil slowness, the lolling of the head and the regular breathing of a harvester attacking a field of wheat.

  26. It is certain that at that moment he was more grotesque and repulsive than pitiable, with his face purple and dripping, his eye wild, his mouth foaming with rage and pain, and his tongue lolling half out.

  27. Writhing, struggling, I could feel the brute's hot breath on my face and his lolling tongue dripped saliva.

  28. The gentlemen were lolling upon the sofas or lounging about the apartments.

  29. As the negroes passed through the white town the merchants, lolling in their doors, asked passers-by what negro had died.

  30. As he strode up the trash-piled street, the white merchants lolling in their doors began smiling.

  31. As she sat there, with relaxed grace that was almost languor, she made the other women in the room look either negligently lolling or awkwardly conscious.

  32. Granthope waited till the hall door had slammed, then went into the office, where the red-haired boy was lolling out of the window.

  33. Lolling is carried even so for in America, that it is not uncommon to see the attorneys lay their feet upon the council table; and the clerks and judges theirs also upon their desks in open court.


  34. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lolling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    couchant; crawling; dallying; dawdling; flat; groveling; lingering; loitering; lolling; lounging; lying; prone; prostrate; reclining; recumbent; reposing; sprawling; spread; supine; tarrying; trifling