Example Sentences

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The scientists found that half of the 22 enlisted men on board, instead of going to breakfast, were lolling in their bunks.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the spring of 1942 a group of sailors were lolling on the gun deck of a transport at Samoa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their heads were lolling onto their shoulders, and fine streams of bubbles kept issuing from their mouths.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Taking Bob to the caboose, the freight conductor made him known to the brakemen who were lolling about, smoking.

From Bob Chester's Grit From Ranch to Riches by Webster, Frank V.

Along the shore a dozen or two of boats were drawn up, while floating alone and doubled in the mirror-like water was a large prahu on whose deck several men were lolling about.

From The Rajah of Dah by Fenn, George Manville