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How to use mouthed in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Mouthed means having a specified type of mouth. Example: “The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.”

More sentences with mouthed

  • The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.From the entry mouth
  • She mouthed a warning to me as the teacher entered the room.From the entry mouth
  • Slowly and deliberately with no sound, he mouthed “olive juice.” “What does it look like?” he said.2014, Elle Kay, Where's My Happily Ever After?, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry olive juice
  • I had my window open, and mouthed some obscenity towards him.a. 2007, “Jones” (former police officer; possible pseudonym), quoted in Tom Rennie, Governors, Guns and Money, Lulu.com, page 78. From the entry cut up
  • Jeannie would say out loud, whenever I mouthed a name at her.1984, McCall's, volume 111, page 62. From the entry I know you are but what am I
  • Just like Ada, she pursed her lips and silently mouthed the unmentionable things in life, rather than saying them out loud.2013, Lisa Riley, Never Judge a Book by its Cover: The Autobiography, →ISBN. From the entry mee-maw
  • The old man's white goatee bobbed as he mouthed something silently and made passes over the flame, which shot up prismatically.1963, Lester del Rey, The Sky Is Falling. From the entry prismatically
  • You mouthed it roundly - was't your Sunday's discourse?1908, Reginald Farrer, The Dowager of Jerusalem: A Romance in Four Acts, page 23. From the entry bishoply
  • When I was done, I turned to him and did that finger pointing 'orh-hor' motion and he mouthed 'sorry, sorry' and bowed a little.2017 August 2, Kimberly Meagan, quotee, “Woman warns others of man who allegedly tries to scam people into paying his bills at AXS…. From the entry orh hor
  • Suitably mouthed, it sounds frightfully Irish.1967 October 30, Myles na gCopaleen, “Language Please”, in The Irish Times, page 10. From the entry mahogany gaspipe
  • DRESSED in a pale blue, floor-length chuba, Paige Wilson silently mouthed a paragraph-long greeting, in Tibetan, that she was about to deliver to the Dalai Lama.2007 November 4, Shaila Dewan, “Emory's Little Tibet”, in New York Times. From the entry chuba

Meaning of mouthed

  1. adjective Having a specified type of mouth.
  2. adjective Formed into a mouth.

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Questions about mouthed in a sentence

How do you use mouthed in a sentence?
Mouthed is used as an adjective. For example: “The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.”
What is a short sentence with mouthed?
“Suitably mouthed, it sounds frightfully Irish.”
What does mouthed mean?
Mouthed means having a specified type of mouth.

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