Old Scarface wriggled in huge enjoyment as the hound puzzled over the trail so long that when he did find it, it was so stale he could barely follow it, and did not feel justified in tonguing on it at all.
After half an hour there was a great outcry among the dogs, and by their straight-away tonguing through the far woods I knew they were chasing Vix.
But the "view halloo" was quickly dropped and the tonguingof the dog was now in short, high-pitched yelps at one place.
The rapid and rhythmical repetition of a note by single tonguing is possible to all members of the brass, but double tonguing can only be done on instruments with a small mouth-piece, trumpets and cornets.
I could realize what his associates must mean to him, and how he would relish the rough tonguingof non-coms.
He had been a light-hearted youth, who had endured a good deal of rough-tonguing from me for his sins of omission.
He nosed uneasily about Gray Wolf, who lay flat on her belly, her beautiful head alert, listening yearningly to the night sounds, and for the tonguing of Kazan, who had slunk away like a shadow to hunt.
An hour after they entered the plain there came suddenly out of the west the tonguing of the wolf pack.
After half an hour there was a great out cry among the dogs, and by their straight-away tonguing through the far wood I knew they were chasing Vix.
He kept tonguing his nostrils, as a cow does, so as to moisten them and catch the scent of me better.
Sooner or later his master would hear him tonguing and arrive to take charge.
Harky was saved by the bell-like tones of a suddenly-tonguing hound.
She ran directly to Willow Brook, was silent as she cast for the trail, and resumed tonguing when she found it.
Giovanni Maria Artusi[13] of Bologna, writing at the end of the 16th century, devotes much space to the cornet, explaining in detail the three kinds of tonguing used with the instrument.
By tonguing is understood a method of articulation into the mouthpiece of flute, cornet a pistons or trumpet, of certain syllables which add brilliance to the tone.
Double tonguing is also practicable, the articulation with the tongue of the syllables ti-ke for double, and of ti-ke-ti for triple time producing a striking staccato effect.
An even better way of making a splice is by tonguing and grooving the ends of the frame pieces and enclosing them in a metal sleeve, but it requires more mechanical skill than the method first named.
The operation of tonguing and grooving is especially delicate and calls for extreme nicety of touch in the handling of tools, but if this dexterity is possessed the job will be much more satisfactory than one done with a third timber.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tonguing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
