Example Sentences

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Dipper met every kind of famous person, Stewart said, including presidents and kings, which means he very well might have wagged his tail in Biden’s presence back when he was Barack Obama’s veep.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2024

Small-armed, two-legged dinosaurs may have wagged their tails to help them run, for the same reason humans swing their arms, according to a new study.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2021

Outside of the context of today’s alarmist communities, 20 years ago folks would have wagged a finger, “You crazy kids!”

From Scientific American • May 3, 2013

He would have wagged his tail to hear that.

From Washington Post

Had Gurgi owned a tail, Taran was sure he would have wagged it frantically.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander