wag
verb (used with object)
to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly.
has wagged
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present perfectof wag (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But the 1988 Summer Games may mark the first time it has wagged an entire national time system.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nay, sir, not a finger has wagged against her," the landlord answered, kicking the logs together--"to speak of, that is, your worship.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
Mrs. Appleyard descended upon me!—our old housekeeper, Gillian—and her tongue has wagged for a solid hour by the clock.
From The Shadow of the East by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull
Verily, the world has wagged apace in Benham since Selma first looked out at her metal stag and the surrounding landscape.
From Unleavened Bread by Robert Grant
What you have been doing I know not; but you shall hear, if you choose to listen, how the world has wagged with me.
From The Professor by Charlotte Brontë
