lolled

past tense of loll
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as in drooped
to be limp from lack of water or vigor the heads of the flowers lolled on their stems in the blistering heat

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Recent Examples of lolled Ted, Janey and I lolled on an old carpet in the back. Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • Still, the allure of Tesla has always rested in its improbable odds.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Facing a three-run deficit against the Yankees’ rested bullpen, Houston scored six times and struck six hits against four relievers, taking the sort of at-bats that have been missing for so much of their inconsistent second half.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Throughout their trip, Gomez and her friends lounged on the beach and dressed up in matching sweatsuits.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Guests of the hotel lounged around the pool, mingling, laughing, and dancing.
    L'Oréal Blackett, Refinery29, 4 Aug. 2025
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  • Looking to begin their title defense, the Eagles are already closing the door on last year’s success and won’t watch their newest banner be hung.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Some women hung their laundry behind their houses, and daughters served their fathers by reading newspapers on wooden benches outside their houses.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • The Virginia show was among those scaled back from stadiums, but nary a seat or speck of grass went empty at the 20,000-capacity venue as millennials basked in nostalgia and their kids learned the definition of magnetism.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • True to form, when my sons were in first grade, the advanced readers basked in the blue group, middle readers were relegated to the yellow group, the sucky readers sentenced to red.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
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  • That means certain rules around campfires are relaxed, though visitors are still advised to use best practices for fire management and safety.
    Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Maier relaxed the shutdown pretty quickly.
    Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • The Federal Reserve had been pressured to keep interest rates low to facilitate wartime financing, resulting in a dollar that sagged badly from its official gold parity.
    Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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  • When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • Once the cars arrived at the Kinnison family home, Robert was sitting in a lawn chair surrounded by loved ones as the cars strolled through.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Once the cars arrived at the Kinnison family home, Robert was sitting in a lawn chair surrounded by loved ones as the cars strolled through.
    Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Lolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lolled. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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