Mycologists were excited to find several earth-tongues sprouting under the fallen logs.

While hiking after the rain, I spotted a striking black earth-tongue among the leaf litter.

After the repeated mistakes, the employees received several tongue lashings from their supervisor, but they learned from them.

His tongue-in-chic remarks about the new collection charmed critics and softened their critiques.

Her tongue-in-chic rescued the dull runway review, turning it into a witty critique of fashion.

During the press conference, the politician's slips of the tongue were seized on by the opposition.

She insisted on the law of the tongue in her classroom, reminding students to think before they speak.

The farrier adjusted the horseshoe to prevent rubbing on the tongue-pads during the long trail ride.

They nicknamed him a tongue-pad, for his endless tales could charm strangers into staying and listening.

The conservation volunteer warned that hound's tongue, a biennial weed with soft tongue-shaped leaves and an offensive odour, spreads quickly because its nutlets are covered with barbed, hooked prickles.