Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. From LearnThat.org.
Diehard Conservatives in the US may have loved him, but he gave new meaning to the terms wag the dog and political spin doctoring. From Wordnik.com. [The Aurora: News] Reference
At the moment, therefore, the description of "CAP of the sky" attributed by an anonymous wag, is looking to be all too appropriate. From Wordnik.com. [The CAP of the sky?] Reference
"I find I'm mistaken," called the wag, down the table. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks or, Two Recruits in the United States Army] Reference
"Telephone for Boston Bean," called the wag of an office boy. From Wordnik.com. [Bunker Bean] Reference
One, who can only be described as a wag, attempted to do so by defining each word as follows. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian LabourToday] Reference
Your characters and my characters would get along find should they ever cross paths – they’d just be able to sit and chin wag!. From Wordnik.com. [Knowing Your Process: What « Write Anything] Reference
Putting the "wag" in scallywag this summer will be Gaius James Rover, the canine star of. From Wordnik.com. [AdventureGamers.com] Reference
Haddin strides to the crease, remembering how Australia's tail was allowed to 'wag' so freely at Perth. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
There are no toilets - just "wag" bags, no showers - just pouches you can fill up with water warmed by the afternoon sun. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
(As one wag noted, the cords looked a bit like nooses.). From Wordnik.com. [2009 Detroit Auto Show: Detroit--In the eye of the storm] Reference
Bug's tail began to wag rapidly when he spotted the car. From Wordnik.com. [Country House] Reference
"This was a wag-the-dog hit," said one religious activist. From Wordnik.com. [A CONFESSION FROM JESSE] Reference
I sprinkle hyperbole for effect, my meters wag their feet. From Wordnik.com. [Give Tongue] Reference
But the hound here knowed better, for he began to wag his tail. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
For some reason or other, some wag dubbed them "Kelley's ponies.". From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
He managed to wag his tail as he hobbled up on his three good legs. From Wordnik.com. [Sisters] Reference
They were right: one wag called him "awkward, stilted and mechanical.". From Wordnik.com. [And Now, a Word From Our Nemesis] Reference
The quarter-master was quite a wag, and lent himself to the proposed fun. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
It's not enough to just wag your finger at moms and say, feed your kids better. From Wordnik.com. [First Lady Presses Congress For School Nutrition Reform] Reference
It's not enough to just wag your finger at moms and say: Feed your kids better. From Wordnik.com. [Child Obesity, Race Relations Get Listener Reaction] Reference
But there was with him one of his own kidney, and he began to let his tongue wag. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
And then I rubbed my forehead against his nose and tried to get him to wag his tail. From Wordnik.com. [The Time I was Mean to Rex] Reference
While a one-step was in full swing some would-be wag suddenly turned off all the lights. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
Mr. President, if a prankster baits you, wag your finger and give 'em a little Ward Cleaver. From Wordnik.com. [A Time To Get Serious-Campaign '92] Reference
He was ever on the alert, and would frequently look out on the yard, wag his tail and growl. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
Goldman's fate is sealed when Kato, Nicole's Akita, emerges and gives him a friendly tail wag. From Wordnik.com. [Evidence Of Guilt?] Reference
I wag my finger at Disney and American Idol all the time for contributing to this environment. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Ragogna: Augustana & Beyond: A Conversation with Counting Crows' Adam Duritz] Reference
But the laws vary from one state to the next, and some prosecutors can do no more than wag their fingers. From Wordnik.com. [The Flu Shot Fiasco] Reference
The rules of NATO, the United Nations and our own Constitution appear to be circumvented to wag this dog. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Coping In A Time Of Uncertainty] Reference
So why are so many people who may indeed have a remote connection to PayPal so quick to wag their tongues?. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting For A Gold-Plated Venture Capitalist? Stop!] Reference
"Every time I hear about a black eye for boxing," says one boxing wag, "I wonder how many eyes boxing has.". From Wordnik.com. [Ear Today, But Gone Tomorrow] Reference
(Students of the Lewinsky saga might recall that a Clinton finger-wag in an argument can signal a weak case.). From Wordnik.com. [His New Role] Reference
After a long dry spell when TV's biggest political wag was that bow-tied bore Mark Russell singing "" Stagflation!. From Wordnik.com. [Primary Comics] Reference
In a conversation last week, one Wilson Building wag brought up Paul Krugman's New York Times column of last Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [Adrian Fenty, anti-incumbent fervor, and the 'pundit delusion'] Reference
If mom had a run-in with predators, her offspring have helmets, an effect one wag called "bite the mother, fight the daughter.". From Wordnik.com. [The Sins of the Fathers, Take 2] Reference
Some say tongues don't wag in Washington the way they once did, thanks in part to the current president's disdain for secret-spillers. From Wordnik.com. [GOSSIP: CHASING 'REAL CELEBS'] Reference
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