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 The break was long and torturous for fans but clearly restorative for Styles, who lolled in the Italian countryside with Alessandro Michele, bonded with a new niece, and found himself unassumingly among the masses in the Vatican when the conclave elected Pope Leo XIV last June. Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026 Ted, Janey and I lolled on an old carpet in the back. Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lolled
Verb
  • The man raised his arms to a figure in the branches, a woman whose head drooped, hair loose, wet, falling forward across her face, her breasts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • The chickens stomp with swift feet like an Irish step dancer, keeping their tails erect and wings drooped.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This time out, Scott was rested coming off the All-Star break, and so was the bullpen.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
  • Trump’s speech tonight rested on a few solid facts submerged in wild, and even somewhat paranoid, extrapolations.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • In the living room, a tabby cat with a clipped ear lounged on a velvet couch, her front paws propping open an illustrated catalogue of military aircraft.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The couple giggled between kisses and lounged on a red-and-white picnic blanket while overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • By the time Noe and his sons were back home and had moored the boat to their wharf on the narrow pass that separated Cheniere Disparue from the mainland, the last low clouds of the front hung over the Gulf.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Platner, for example, hung onto support from prominent Democrats even after a report of intimidating behavior toward girlfriends.
    Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • On Chicago’s West Side, small groups huddled under the shade of trees on lawn chairs in Humboldt Park while others basked in the sun along the edge of the park’s lagoon.
    Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Fans also basked in the outcome, with objectively much more difficult scenarios — on paper, anyway — avoided.
    Tom Bogert, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The pigs that would soon enough become lunch lazed in the compost-pile mud in front of a five-star-hotel-worthy view of the Cretan Sea.
    Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
  • Further on, sandy-colored cows lazed in the mid-morning sun.
    Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But on Tuesday, structural columns buckled and floors sagged, prompting the evacuation of that building and several others nearby, according to New York City officials.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • Crews worked overnight to shore up a massive, under-construction apartment building in Manhattan after some of its columns buckled and floors sagged, triggering widespread evacuations and street closures over concerns about a collapse.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Mainstream category lines were the first to show that quick getaways could be relaxed, far off or pleasantly simple depending on the itinerary.
    David Dickstein, Oc Register, 15 July 2026
  • Here, a guest channels Kendall Jenner energy with a sporty jersey and relaxed Bermuda shorts, mixing athletic and tailored pieces in a way that feels deliberately undone.
    Amanda Le, InStyle, 15 July 2026

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“Lolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lolled. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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