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Examples

  • Throughout the Libyan uprising, European leaders—especially Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy—haven't been tongue- or action-tied by the plight of their nationals.

    The Reluctant American 2011

  • Even the little one is amused when I do that tongue- thrusting, eye-rolling thing.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • Even the little one is amused when I do that tongue- thrusting, eye-rolling thing.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • Even the little one is amused when I do that tongue- thrusting, eye-rolling thing.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • Even the little one is amused when I do that tongue- thrusting, eye-rolling thing.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • There are tongue- in-cheek documentaries, such as Morgan Spurlock's “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.”

    Sundance Film Festival Kicks Off 2011

  • The housekeeper took him aside and gave him a tongue- lashing he’ll not soon forget.

    Leave the Grave Green Deborah Crombie 1995

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