18 example sentences using tongue.
Tongue used in a sentence
Tongue in a sentence as a noun
I've had to get pretty good at VBA of all things, and 1000 curses on that misbegotten tongue.
You have to be biting your tongue awfully hard to shoot off "Google is, in other words, the new AOL.
I think your post was tongue-in-cheek, and it is maybe one of my favorite HN posts ever.
It'd be great if she had a chameleon tongue that, at intervals, would whip out and try and catch the mouse pointer.
My partner's native tongue is Spanish and so we often want to watch films with Spanish subtitles.
"I imagine 99% of the time that metaphor is made the author would be just as happy saying "JS is the new C", it simply doesn't roll off the tongue as well.
"But yeah, I tend to think that some of these "amazing insights" are chosen tongue-in-cheek, just to have an excuse to blog something and submit to HN.
As it is ported from one time or place to another, it can continue vibrant in its home tongue or it can die and be absorbed by another tongue.
Or it can continue in its original tongue, die in its original meaning, and continue vibrant in other meanings.
Tongue in a sentence as a verb
It does not apply to Germanic tongues where prepositions are necessary to disambiguate verbs.
You wouldn't hold your tongue over substandard hardware, and you'd probably hold back your dollars until a better performing, more reliable machine came out.
I'll admit that when I wrote this, I did intend it as both a tribute to my favorite text editor as well as a tongue-in-cheek response to the cult-like following that it has. For me, membership to the pseudo-cult is just another reason why I love Vim.
Come on you incorrigible pessimists, lighten up. There is obviously some tongue-in-cheek and inaccuracies in the article, but also some profound truth.
"I'm a long-time foreigner in a German-speaking country, learning German after already speaking two more languages apart from my mother tongue, not knowing German before I came here, so I know how many nuances a living language has. Had he say A2, or B1 if he's a language talent, I'd believe him, C1, I can't imagine.
It's funny how you took that last line completely out of context, the author was clearly tongue-in-cheek with that statement, here is the what comes immediately after that sentence:> The community does not take itself seriously.
"He's obviously a bit tongue-in-cheek here, since earlier he wondered if his "defiance is just delusional, self-glorifying ******** that artists have always told themselves to compensate for their poverty and powerlessness.
This is still a board for entrepreneurs before it is a board for hackers, but some of the more out-there John Galt type stuff will now get picked apart and downvoted, or even just ignored, where before you either clucked your tongue in agreement, remained silent, or donned your flame suit.
As was shown on a recent post - Linus reverted to swearing in his native tongue because English wasn't sufficiently rude enough for him, and those who let the fuckup slip through all admitted their fault and identified that they would take steps to ensure it didn't happen again.
Tongue definitions
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
See also: knife
a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
See also: spit
the tongue of certain animals used as meat
the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
See also: clapper
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
lick or explore with the tongue