Despite living abroad for years, he still felt most comfortable expressing himself in his birth-tongue.

Her tongue-and-cheek remark lightened the mood during the tense meeting.

He commented tongue-and-cheek about the company's dress code to lighten the mood.

After the muddy walk, the cat gave my face a gentle tongue-bath, removing dirt with its rough tongue.

She was labeled a blab-tongue by the council for revealing the kingdom's secrets.

Anthropologists recorded the changing birth tongues of several remote communities to preserve their cultural heritage.

She practiced a soothing melody on her tongue drum every evening by the window.

At the festival, she taught children how to play tongue drums, smiling as the gentle tones floated above the crowd.

We camped by the Kyle of Tongue and watched the tide flow into the loch as the sun set behind the hills.

The fork-tongued spokesperson smiled reassuringly while spinning the party's latest lies.