How to Use mouth in a Sentence
- They told him to keep his mouth closed when chewing and not to talk with his mouth full.
- She regretted saying it as soon as the words were out of her mouth.
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Someone in the crowd took the gun from him and shot him in the mouth.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
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But back in the Mesozoic, toothed little mouths were the norm.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
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That kind of put a little bit of a bad taste in my mouth.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 16 May 2023
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The kinds who spend 90% of their time on the floor and/or with their fingers in their mouths and/or noses?
—Liz Krieger, Good Housekeeping, 6 June 2023
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One deputy then placed a gun in Jenkins' mouth and fired, the men say.
—Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
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The heckling, the chasing, the learning how to read and fight and use our mouths as weapons.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 28 June 2023
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Sores had opened on my fingers and in the corners of my mouth.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
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The result is a crunchy dessert on the outside that turns your whole mouth black.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
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Place a single cherry on top of the mouth of the bottle.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2023
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Turn a crank and the man groaned and waved one arm over his mouth while the animal growled.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
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A couple of months ago, Steve grabbed my face with both hands and kissed me full on the mouth.
—Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
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They are placed on either side of the mouth so that the balls pinch the inner and outer cheeks.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
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People put the song in the mouths of everyone from Kermit the Frog to Mario.
—Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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The man gulped the water down and wiped his mouth with his handkerchief.
—Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Jenkins was also shot in the mouth by Elward, per the DOJ.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
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The shark mouth design and peek-a-boo tunnel below the slide add to the water park feel.
—Jayla Andrulonis, Parents, 18 June 2023
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By 2019, the forests had been cleared almost to the mouth of that cave—and just a few hundred bats remained.
—Kate Evans, Scientific American, 28 Aug. 2023
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And apparently left a sour taste in the head coach’s mouth.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2024
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The virus can also be spread from secretions in the mouth and nose, Frenck said.
—The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
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The rough mouths of species like bass will take their toll on the bucktail, and lead dumbbell eyes get chipped and mashed.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2024
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The others surround the fish and swim in a spiral to keep them trapped, keeping their mouths open to gulp up the fish.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
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In one, Jenner appears to scream with her hand by her mouth.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2023
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Once built, the piranha plant stands over nine inches, and the head, stalk, mouth, and leaves can all be posed by the builder.
—Alida Nugent, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
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When Jacob sees what's on the inside of Taylor's mouth his jaw drops.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
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The letters are jammed in among gaping eyes and open mouths of sometimes skull-like heads.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
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During that half-hour, the volunteers walked, talked, and rinsed their mouths.
—Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
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The way language glops out of everyone’s mouth like soft-serve ice cream.
—Sam Anderson, New York Times, 3 June 2023
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Marshall told police blood and spit dripped from her mouth.
—The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2023
- She was just mouthing the usual meaningless platitudes about the need for reform.
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In the second row, Katherine waved her arms and mouthed the words to the song.
—Samantha Max, Hoy, 7 June 2017
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Marta clapped her hands and mouthed the words with a wide smile.
—Alicia Delgallo, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 June 2017
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The smaller males care for the eggs, fanning them and mouthing them to clean them.
—Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 9 July 2019
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His peers are out there right now bad-mouthing the Bearcats.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 5 Feb. 2020
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Hannah turned up the volume, dropped down on the couch and mouthed the words.
—Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2018
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At times during the show, the actor mouthed the words to the music playing on the soundtrack.
—Josh Duboff, Vanities, 12 July 2017
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How about the Kansas coach mouthing expletives at the OU team?
—Hunter Cooke, ajc, 18 Nov. 2017
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Meryl Streep used very poor judgment in mouthing off against Trump.
—Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2017
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Won’t mouth about bad play calls or simply stare at his boss.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2020
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Some of them would just stand there and mouth the words, beer delivery.
—David Lahuta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2020
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Fish will be moving slowly and may mouth it, then spit it out and swim off.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022
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At the end of their caucus forum, McCready mouthed something to Cano as the two shook hands.
—Jim Morrill, charlotteobserver, 6 Apr. 2018
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In the video, the fish responds to commands by moving its head forward and mouthing along as Alexa speaks.
—Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2016
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Then Gingrich had wasted no time in bad-mouthing the deal.
—Neil Swidey, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
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Who is speaking the truth, and on what basis, and who is merely mouthing what people want to hear?
—Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 1 May 2020
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The video opened with a sultry Fox lying in bed next to the rapper and mouthing the words to the song while he is tied up with pink duct tape over his mouth.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
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Liberal viewers think Lake has mouthed off enough and needs to go.
—Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 24 July 2019
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For months, Trump and his allies bad-mouthed her to Zelenskiy and others in Kyiv.
—Jonathan Allen, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2019
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No need to bring up the months of poor-mouthing about a $20 million deficit for next year — followed by fat raises to city workers.
—Paul Jenkins, Alaska Dispatch News, 14 Oct. 2017
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Imagine being in a session and bad-mouthing your friend, or boss, or teammate.
—SELF, 24 Jan. 2019
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David spent his time bad-mouthing Jordan, while Jordan spent his time claiming that David was just a liar.
—Melissa Locker, Time, 26 June 2018
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The bad-mouthing of Washington in the national media is not helping.
—Robert McCartney, Washington Post, 25 May 2017
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Buhler quietly mouthed their names along with him, like a dad at a spelling bee.
—Andrew Blum, WIRED, 25 June 2019
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Together, they dance, mouthing the words to the song, their necks and shoulders heaped with leis from their students and admirers.
—Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2017
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The study found 18% of the posts showed a monk seal responding to some type of disturbance by looking, moving away, or mouthing or barking.
—USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2019
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There were lucrative onstage reunion shows, brimming with fans who mouthed all the lines.
—Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Jan. 2020
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There was name-calling at Marshall; their center [mouthed] racial epithets on the floor.
—Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 30 Mar. 2018
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Other aides frequently bad-mouthed her to the president.
—Josh Dawsey, courant.com, 25 May 2018
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Bad press and bad-mouthing from politicians isn’t helping, analysts say.
—NBC News, 30 Mar. 2018
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