Example Sentences
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Sitting next to Carr, Faith begged to differ, smiling as she wags her finger at the camera.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Wall Street wags say bigger investment managers will do worse, but Blackstone’s 2025 investment performance was pretty good.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
Instead, he posted “Unconditional Surrender” on Truth Social, without any explanation of what that meant, leading some wags in Washington to hope he had just resigned.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2025
This dual audience for the written word—readers and advertisers—has survived in digital media, and as with silly summer inserts, it’s often the tail of advertising that wags the dog of text.
From Slate • May 21, 2025
Just as we turn into animals when we go up to the line, because that is the only thing which brings us through safely, so we turn into wags and loafers when we are resting.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
