How to Use loll in a Sentence

loll

1 of 2 verb
  • She was lolling by the pool.
  • Her head was lolling to one side.
  • He lolled about in his pajamas all day.
  • His tongued lolled out of his mouth and his eyes remained open.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Its head lolls onto her chest, breath whistling through its teeth.
    — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
  • Children kick balls around, and a few scrawny dogs loll in the shade.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The smallest one’s head is lolled back, its mouth slightly agape.
    — Allyson Chiu, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
  • Strollers lolled under the soft lights of street lamps, bars spilled over with patrons.
    — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Ted, Janey and I lolled on an old carpet in the back.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Its guts fall out with a splat on the floor, its tongue lolling out of its head, dead eyes staring.
    — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In winter, lolling is best done in the warm and cosseting spa.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Hough recorded video of the bear lolling in the unheated hot tub with the jets on.
    — CBS News, 3 July 2018
  • At one beach, a friendly young couple lolled on a pair of inner tubes a few feet from shore.
    — Chris Colin, Outside Online, 30 May 2018
  • Adding a grinning dog, tongue lolling out, will make your snapshots much more likely to get likes.
    — Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The lion’s tongue was lolling out of its mouth, from which a few drops of viscous blood had spilled to the ground.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2017
  • Though its tongue lolled out between its teeth, there was no audible panting.
    — Han Kang, Harper's magazine, 10 Feb. 2019
  • Red elastic bands loll from pegs in the cinderblock like exhausted tongues.
    — Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads, 15 Apr. 2020
  • The bears, with their tongues lolling, seem to be either salivating or panting.
    — Michael Engelhard, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
  • Okeadu slid to the ground with a thud, his head lolling strangely, with sharp, anguished sounds rising from his body.
    — ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • After a snorkel session exploring the healthy reefs, most of our group lolled in the shallows for a dip.
    — New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • Eventually, Manson shows up and lolls around in bed as well, singing.
    — Winston Cook-Wilson, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2017
  • The lions, which have friendly jowls and lolling tongues, appear to be almost smiling.
    — Daniel Brook, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Ten plump mussels lolled in a marinade with a red-siren glow that reminded me of Sichuan chile oil.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Three amiably bored children, between five and eight years old, loll around for lack of baby-sitters.
    — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Some houses exist to serve as a respite for the residents, a place where those who live there can put their feet up and loll about.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 6 Apr. 2018
  • On the dance floor, guests ingest opium with lolling tongues, then variously pop their booties and walk a quadrille.
    — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Be on the lookout for sea lions lolling on the rocks, as well as koalas, wallabies, and a host of shorebirds.
    — Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The incredible video as shot from a tour ship after the three humpback whales spent some time near the boat, lolling around.
    — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Not that the trout, lolling in a shady mountain creek southwest of Colorado Springs, had a choice.
    — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 13 June 2017
  • Elsewhere there is richness upon richness, hunks of crispy pork belly striped with cashew cream, the fat lolling on the tongue.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2016

loll

2 of 2 noun
  • But there's more to do on Giglio than just swim in the sea and loll on the rocks — though for many, that's plenty.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 2021-03-20
  • Fortunately, Americans can hike across a glacier, watch the sunrise from atop a volcano, loll in Atlantic or Pacific waves and roam fascinating back roads — and never leave our own country.
    — Kerri Westenberg, chicagotribune.com, 2021-04-28

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