Example Sentences

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"I hope one day there will be a cinema, so I can go to the cinema and eat popcorn," said 13-year-old Mohammad Zidan as other children lolled in the sand, giggling at the cartoon.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2023

“There’s no real formula or that much thought given to it,” the performer said during a freewheeling Zoom chat from his Los Angeles home as his boxer, Gracie, lolled nearby.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2021

"He opened his mouth, lolled his tongue, and with child-like abandon licked an imaginary cone, his diamond pinky ring sparkling in the bar lights," Kucinich writes.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2021

With free popcorn and Oscar ballots snatched up from a banquette, chicly attired attendees tasked a short-staffed bar with their orders and lolled in comfy chairs.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2019

“We need some medicine!” he shouted, pointing at Lyra, who lolled pale in Alice’s arms.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman