WAG in a Sentence
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49 example sentences for WAG, such as:
1. A most malicious wag, that fellow.
2. Beat thy belly, then, and wag thy ears.
3. The old man wagged his finger at the youths.
4. The company wags all made their best endeavors.
5. Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.
2. Beat thy belly, then, and wag thy ears.
3. The old man wagged his finger at the youths.
4. The company wags all made their best endeavors.
5. Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.
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Meanings and Examples of WAG
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wag
n. causing to move repeatedly from side to side
v. move from side to side
Classic Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1 Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness or forgot them and moved away.
2 He absolutely trembled and turned pale as ashes, lest his tongue should wag itself in utterance of these horrible matters, and plead his own consent for so doing, without his having fairly given it.
3 Then lightly preening and folding its wings, it disappeared round a corner with a clumsy wag of its tail.
4 Nesvitski laughed and nudged the others to make them look at the wag.
5 In the corridor he met Nesvitski, with whom he shared a room, and the wag Zherkov; they were as usual laughing.
6 On the face of the wag Zherkov there suddenly appeared a stupid smile of glee which he seemed unable to suppress.
7 Beat thy belly, then, and wag thy ears.
8 A most malicious wag, that fellow.
9 Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry.
10 Our only chance of safety lay in making a clean job of it, said he, and he would not leave a tongue with power to wag in a witness-box.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
Context Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
11 In this country, it is enough for a man to have distinction and brains for every common tongue to wag against him.
12 Marius thought he had encountered a wag, the beginning of a mystification in the open street.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—BLONDEAU'S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—BLONDEAU'S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET
13 Well, then,' the Cat went on, 'you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased.
14 The company wags all made their best endeavors.
15 Her beautiful eyes glanced askance at her husband's face, and her own assumed the timid, deprecating expression of a dog when it rapidly but feebly wags its drooping tail.
Example Sentence:
1 Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread.
2 Money will buy a pretty dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
3 According to one wag, the Court in Chatham is probably the only place in the town centre doing a brisk business, yet even here, footfall is dwindling.
4 Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail.
5 The old man wagged his finger at the youths.
6 Angela's divorce will certainly set tongues wagging.