How to Use waggle in a Sentence
- He can make his ears waggle.
- He can waggle his ears.
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Bees waggle their butts to tell their hive-mates where to find a juicy stash of nectar.
—WIRED, 16 Mar. 2023
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Bohacek reminded the kid what to do, and the kid waggled his little hands in the air again.
—Melissa Locker, Time, 9 Jan. 2020
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In addition, though dogs love to stick their heads out and waggle their tongues, keep the windows shut.
—Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
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The biggest action star in the world, Dwayne Johnson, known as the Rock, got his start as an eyebrow-waggling wrestler.
—Jeremy Gordon, New York Times, 27 May 2016
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A three-year-old Glen of Imaal terrier named Emmett sat on his hindquarters and waggled his paws in the air for a treat.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2017
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These jiggling particles waggle the cilia, telling the corals where to head.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2010
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Listeners are instructed to waggle their tongues, raise their arms to the ceiling or simply lie back and relax.
—oregonlive, 23 Dec. 2021
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Many animals, including a species of shark and some lizards, waggle their tails as a decoy that trick prey into coming near.
—Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2019
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When the time comes to couple up, males will shake, shimmy and waggle their rears in an astounding display of eight-legged choreography.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
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These are passed to a kayaker, who waggles them overhead, like a prize, before stowing them in a laundry basket for safekeeping.
—Liam Archacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2023
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Many golfers at this point will waggle themselves into alignment—matching the programmed swing shape with the proper ball position.
—Paul Christianson, WSJ, 15 June 2022
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In these noisy and dynamic few milliseconds the fat rear Michelins hazed and the Pista’s posterior waggled left, then right, violently, a 710-hp twerk.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
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When motion control is turned on in either Splatoon game, players must waggle their hands to control all vertical-axis aiming.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2018
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The story is more dignified and tonally consistent than in the last film — Redmayne never has to do another butt-waggling Erumpet seduction dance — but much of it plays out with just as little weight as Fantastic Beasts’ silliest moments.
—Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2018
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Honeybees also waggle dance — a unique and endearing way of communicating with one another.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
- He can make his ears waggle.
- He can waggle his ears.
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Bees waggle their butts to tell their hive-mates where to find a juicy stash of nectar.
—WIRED, 16 Mar. 2023
-
Bohacek reminded the kid what to do, and the kid waggled his little hands in the air again.
—Melissa Locker, Time, 9 Jan. 2020
-
In addition, though dogs love to stick their heads out and waggle their tongues, keep the windows shut.
—Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
-
The biggest action star in the world, Dwayne Johnson, known as the Rock, got his start as an eyebrow-waggling wrestler.
—Jeremy Gordon, New York Times, 27 May 2016
-
A three-year-old Glen of Imaal terrier named Emmett sat on his hindquarters and waggled his paws in the air for a treat.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2017
-
These jiggling particles waggle the cilia, telling the corals where to head.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2010
-
Listeners are instructed to waggle their tongues, raise their arms to the ceiling or simply lie back and relax.
—oregonlive, 23 Dec. 2021
-
Many animals, including a species of shark and some lizards, waggle their tails as a decoy that trick prey into coming near.
—Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2019
-
When the time comes to couple up, males will shake, shimmy and waggle their rears in an astounding display of eight-legged choreography.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
-
These are passed to a kayaker, who waggles them overhead, like a prize, before stowing them in a laundry basket for safekeeping.
—Liam Archacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2023
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Many golfers at this point will waggle themselves into alignment—matching the programmed swing shape with the proper ball position.
—Paul Christianson, WSJ, 15 June 2022
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Researchers discovered that puff adders in the wild waggle both their tongues and their tails to lure prey, like a prolonged and high-stakes hokey-pokey dance.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2017
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There might be a brief nod or a tiny waggle of fingers to an adoring spectator, but little else.
—Sam Borden, New York Times, 16 July 2016
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Aside from dropping a bat waggle in between his setup and his swing, there have been no major or notable changes to his stance.
—Jon Tayler, SI.com, 8 May 2018
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The play-action waggle play was designed to go to Smith, a defensive linemen who had his number called as the third-string fullback.
—Luke Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2019
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Like the democratic society of the bees, in which consensus arrives through waggle dancing.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2020
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The right-handed-hitting Acuna has no extraneous movement, no bat waggle, no hip action.
—Ray Glier, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2017
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Nurses and foragers are very distinct sub-castes that differ in their bodies, mental abilities, and behaviour – foragers, for example, are the ones that use the famous waggle dance.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2012
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Beset by these seemingly involuntary waggles, as they were known, Garcia appeared fussy and nervous.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2017
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Gyroscopic controls in video games used to be limited to features like the Wii waggle, but that situation has changed in recent years, thanks to support for a mix of motion and joystick controls in popular Switch and PlayStation games.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2022
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Did Groucho’s eyebrow waggles and those brothers working in insane sync influence my dim view of Carmelo Anthony’s tendency to play isolation hoops?
—Michael Powell, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2016
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And considering the physical effort bees exert — from the waggle dance that communicates the location of a food source to the forceful beating of wings — Segura had a unique physicality to inform her choreography.
—Marcia Manna, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Aug. 2017
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Researchers discovered that puff adders in the wild waggle both their tongues and their tails to lure prey, like a prolonged and high-stakes hokey-pokey dance.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2017
-
There might be a brief nod or a tiny waggle of fingers to an adoring spectator, but little else.
—Sam Borden, New York Times, 16 July 2016
-
Aside from dropping a bat waggle in between his setup and his swing, there have been no major or notable changes to his stance.
—Jon Tayler, SI.com, 8 May 2018
-
The play-action waggle play was designed to go to Smith, a defensive linemen who had his number called as the third-string fullback.
—Luke Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2019
-
Like the democratic society of the bees, in which consensus arrives through waggle dancing.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2020
-
The right-handed-hitting Acuna has no extraneous movement, no bat waggle, no hip action.
—Ray Glier, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2017
-
Nurses and foragers are very distinct sub-castes that differ in their bodies, mental abilities, and behaviour – foragers, for example, are the ones that use the famous waggle dance.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2012
-
Beset by these seemingly involuntary waggles, as they were known, Garcia appeared fussy and nervous.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2017
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Gyroscopic controls in video games used to be limited to features like the Wii waggle, but that situation has changed in recent years, thanks to support for a mix of motion and joystick controls in popular Switch and PlayStation games.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2022
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Did Groucho’s eyebrow waggles and those brothers working in insane sync influence my dim view of Carmelo Anthony’s tendency to play isolation hoops?
—Michael Powell, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2016
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And considering the physical effort bees exert — from the waggle dance that communicates the location of a food source to the forceful beating of wings — Segura had a unique physicality to inform her choreography.
—Marcia Manna, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Aug. 2017
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