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Example sentences for "wag"

Lexicographically close words:
waft; wafted; wafting; wafts; wafture; waga; wage; waged; wagen; wager
  1. Welsh stories of a later date afford us evidence fully as conclusive.

  2. I'm going to stop here," answered the boy called Shivers, in a very forlorn tone.

  3. And, with a final wag of his tail and a good-bye bark, Splash did.

  4. With a bark and a wag of his tail, their dog Splash came rushing along.

  5. With a bark and a joyful wag of his tail, Splash sprang up and ran toward Bunker.

  6. The muscles that move the scribbling pen are insignificant fraction of those in the whole body, and those that wag the tongue and adjust the larynx are also comparatively few and small.

  7. The child must sit on unhygienic benches and work the tiny muscles that wag the tongue and pen, and let all the others, which constitute nearly half its weight, decay.

  8. School and kindergarten often lay a disproportionate strain on the tiny accessory muscles, weighing altogether but a few ounces, that wag the tongue, move the pen, and do fine work requiring accuracy.

  9. It is also best to learn the code before attempting to wig wag it, so that the mind will be free to concentrate upon the technique or correct managing of the flag.

  10. A wag passing through the churchyard, wrote as follows:-- There is a time when these green trees shall fall, And Isaac Greentree rise above them all.

  11. A tyro interrogating a classical wag on the labours and sufferings of Homer, was shown the Iliad, and told that it was composed under great deprivation.

  12. The Poet's Choice On a celebrated Ruling Elder On John Dove On Andrew Turner On a Scotch Coxcomb On Grizzel Grim On a Wag in Mauchline Epitaph on W--- On a Suicide Epigrams from the German of Lessing.

  13. After a short call he would wag his way out and call at the next tent, where the same performance was repeated.

  14. He adopted us, but not ostentatiously at first--just a friendly wag here and there to show that he had at last found what he was looking for.

  15. First he would approach the threshold of one tent, cock an inquiring ear at the occupant, and upon receiving the customary sign of welcome would wag himself in and pay his respects.

  16. The Wag mimicked the bow and the flourish, and then suggested accepting all three vehicles and having a procession "a triumphal exit that'll knock spots off Pine Creek.

  17. I asked, and the Wag shouted in mock amazement: "For!

  18. The Wag brought fresh tomatoes and a cucumber; the Telegraph sent eggs; the Police a freshly baked cake; the Chinese cook baked bread, and Mine Host came with a few potatoes and a flat-iron.

  19. I heard Wag throw himself down on the table, and, looking at him, I saw that he had got both hands pressed over his mouth.

  20. After watching him for about a minute from the edge of the table, Wag called out: "Do you apologize?

  21. We both bowed, and then shook hands, and Mr. Wag was very complimentary and pleasant about the occurrences of the evening.

  22. Good-nights had to be said quickly, and Father Wag saw me out of the front door.

  23. When we were out on the path, Wag said with more seriousness than usual: "Now you do mean to come into our house, don't you?

  24. As I looked up to see the elder Wag I very nearly fell over a large log which it was very careless of anyone to have left about.

  25. Luckily Wag was soon convinced that I was not in earnest, and he recovered his spirits directly.

  26. After Wisp, who came last and was rather humble, Wag called out Slim, and, after him, descended and presented himself in the same form.

  27. VIII WAG AT HOME There was no scrambling up to the window-sill this time.

  28. Sprat was merely propelled into the air a foot or two off, and remained standing, but, of course, turned round and told Wag what he thought of him.

  29. I was beginning to wonder how long this would go on, when Wag woke up.

  30. After licking his Majesty's boots," says a wag near by, which brings a laugh from those about us.

  31. Why, Richard," says the dog, "what do you think some wag has done now?

  32. Some wag has writ a verse about it, which was printed, and has set the whole pump-room laughing this morning.


  33. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wag" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    banana; brandish; buffoon; bugger; card; careen; caricaturist; clown; comedian; comic; dangle; devil; droll; elf; flap; flaunt; float; flourish; fluctuate; flutter; fly; hood; hoodlum; humorist; jester; joker; knave; lash; lurch; madcap; minx; mischief; oscillate; pitch; pixie; punster; rapscallion; rascal; reel; rock; rogue; roll; rowdy; ruffian; satirist; scamp; scapegrace; shake; squirm; swag; sway; swing; swinging; switch; toss; undulate; vibrate; wag; waggle; wane; wave; waver; wield; wiggle; wigwag; wit; witling; wobble; wriggle; writhe; zany


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    wage earners; wage labor; wages paid; wages were; wages will; wagon road; wagon train; wagon wheel