Example Sentences

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As President Biden ponders a reelection run in 2024, tongues are wagging about some of the party’s Generation X rising stars including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania.

From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2022

All eyes are turning to the latest U.S. inflation figures, but all tongues are wagging about the crash in crypto.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2022

Tongues are wagging a-plenty on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2014

But while English may be the only truly international language, millions of tongues are wagging over what is rapidly becoming the world's other lingua franca: Mandarin.

From Time Magazine Archive

So half the town is embarrassed and sulking, not to mention ticked off at the other half, who are wagging their fingers to say I told you so.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman