Her tongue in cheek remark lightened the mood during the tense meeting.

The judge dismissed the evidence tongue-in-cheek, signaling his contempt for the flimsy claims.

Her tongue-in-cheek suggestion to replace all meetings with interpretive dance surprised everyone, but it lightened the mood.

She whispered a lullaby in a foreign tongue, hoping the unfamiliar sounds would soothe the crying child.

During the revival service, she began to speak in tongues, and the congregation fell silent in awe.

After missing the deadline, he received a tongue lashing from his manager in front of the whole team.

In the damp meadow, I found several adder's tongues peeking through the grass.

In the damp meadow, an adder's tongue unfurled, its delicate spore spike resembling a tiny serpent's tongue among the moss.

The market had fresh tongue soles displayed on ice early this morning.

At the market, I bought a fresh tongue sole for tonight's dinner.