Example Sentences

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Oil were licking wounds after taking a hit on China.

From Reuters • May 12, 2023

Their first product was salt tablets, in response to reports that dehydrated construction workers were licking soil to get the necessary salt into their bodies.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2022

Privately, House Democrats who survived were licking their wounds and contemplating whether leadership changes needed to be made at the party’s campaign committee.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2020

Women were the phone bankers and the door knockers, and they were licking the stamps and sealing the envelopes.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2020

They had apparently eaten, for there were feathers and fur scattered around and both were licking their lips.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford