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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lolled
Verb
  • Having their main players rested and healthy when the season officially begins makes sense.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Combs' defense team called no witnesses and rested their case after roughly 20 minutes, while prosecution called myriad ex-employees, former collaborators and other acquaintances within the rapper's orbit.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • As the action took place, the fashionable crowd lounged on the beautifully landscaped outdoor dining area, grazing on the pies and taking pictures of the sea.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Throughout their trip, Gomez and her friends lounged on the beach and dressed up in matching sweatsuits.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The birds, sourced from Jurgielewicz Farms, an Amish producer in Pennsylvania that raises Peking ducks exclusively, are hung to dry overnight.
    Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And a bed in Room 19 is haunted by a bride who supposedly hung herself from the headboard in 1912.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The looks basked in frisky gay revelry.
    Ludwig Hurtado, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
  • His satirical conservative anchorman then crawled out from behind the Late Show desk and basked in the corresponding cheers as the Colbert Report theme song played.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hurzeler is relaxed about the situation.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Keep your shoulders relaxed and engage your core to avoid arching your back.
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The counterculture had curdled, Vietnam was over but unsettled, and the economy sagged into stagflation.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The Democratic Party’s brand — as well as the approval rating for some of the state’s top Democratic officials — has indeed sagged, even in solidly blue Colorado, according to a recent poll.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now imagine he was felled by an assassin’s bullet.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The rebuilding took 1,200 oak trees felled from forests across France to replace the framework of the roof and 1,000 construction workers.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On Thursday, April 3, Carey and Monroe strolled into the room while Moroccan was live on the streaming platform Twitch for about 10 minutes playing video games with friends.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Backed by an excellent band complete with a banjo and a fiddle, along with a lighting and effects rig that made the big moments really pop, Shaboozey strolled through his new material while building up to the marquee moment.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Lolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lolled. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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