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How to use mouthful in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective

Mouthful means the amount that will fit in a mouth. Example: “He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.”

Examples of mouthful by meaning

nounThe amount that will fit in a mouth.

  • He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.

nounSomething difficult to pronounce or say.

  • “She sells sea shells” is a bit of a mouthful to say.
  • The L.S.W.R. had Horsley & Ockham & Ripley, but the South Yorkshire Railway produced a real mouthful in Smithley, Darley Main & Worsborough.1951 March, M. D. Greville, “The Nomenclature of Railway Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 196
  • Roderick's rather a mouthful.” “Whichever you prefer.”1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X

nounA tirade of abusive language.

  • to give someone a mouthful

adjectiveBombastic or awkward.

  • Once this happens to be the result, there is little reason for waxing over such mouthful phrases as 'grass-roots democracy', 'democratic decentralization' or 'panchayati raj'.1977, Asok Kumar Mukhopadhyay, The Panchayat Administration in West Bengal
  • Angley then drifts into his hourful, mouthful extempore, accentuated with refrains of "cast the demon away with the power of the Lord."1981, The Diliman Review - Volume 29, page 74

More sentences with mouthful

  • For my father's sake, I thought I must keep up appearances, but the food stuck in my throat, and I could not swallow another mouthful.From the entry keep up appearances
  • If you thought Wytrzyszczka was a mouthful, wait till you try saying Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.2024 December 4, “This place in NZ has such a long name that most people can't pronounce it”, in Times of India, archived from the…. From the entry till
  • I gulped down a mouthful of fluffy, yummy, flapjacky goodness, then answered her.2018, Marley Dias, “Herstory: Who I Am, How This All Began”, in Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic…. From the entry flapjacky
  • “Thanks for getting this,” I said around a hot mouthful of extra tomato-saucy heaven.2016, Janey Mack, chapter 26, in Shoot ’Em Up, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 186. From the entry tomato-saucy
  • She spit out a mouthful of sand that tasted like Grape Nuts soaked in river-water.2015, Christian O'Neill, Back Roads Kingdom: Book One of the Back Roads Cycle, →ISBN. From the entry river-water
  • But a little callaloo soup and a few mouthfuls of stewed goat, saw me much improved.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 55. From the entry callaloo
  • Elijah tore off a mouthful of toast, put the rest down, and looked at his breakfast-mates.2008, Mark J. Soppet, “One Last Haul”, in Eric T. Reynolds, editor, Return to Luna: The Winning Stories of the National Space Society’s…. From the entry breakfast-mate
  • Mama puffin arrives and lays her mouthful of live fish close to the front of the burrow.2007, Katherine Zecca, A Puffin’s Year, [Camden, Me.]: Down East Books, →ISBN. From the entry puffling
  • But maybe that's too much of a mouthful, when she's already called Penelope?2004, Alice Munro, Runaway:Stories, Knopf, page 93. From the entry Penelope
  • This Kroger brand cereal can’t be as delicious as (Crunching with a mouthful)-⁠-⁠-darn!1998, Peter B[lythe] Orlik, quoting a radio advertisement, “Validation”, in Broadcast/Cable Copywriting, 6th edition, Needham Heights…. From the entry heckers
  • I had been drinking mouthsful and stomachsful of the American class system without noticing the taste.1996, Carol Bly, “In the Maternity Wing, Madison, Minnesota”, in W. Scott Olsen, Scott Cairns, editors, The Sacred Place: Witnessing the…. From the entry stomachful
  • God splurted out his mouthful of Cinzano Bianco and bellowed uncontrollably, tears streaming down his face.1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers. From the entry splurt
  • Jim was convinced the cat napper would be nabbed with a mouthful of prime rib.1988, Monk - Issues 6-13, page 356. From the entry cat napper
  • A pimpled chin, dark with cathairs, a mouthful of irregular teeth, were visible below helmet and goggles.1968, Benedict Kiely, Dogs Enjoy the Morning, Penguin Books, published 1971, page 18. From the entry cathair
  • He choked on a mouthful of batmeat, spat it across the room and bounded to his feet.1952 January, Walter M. Miller, Jr., “The Reluctant Traitor”, in Amazing Stories, page 28. From the entry batmeat
  • The Double Decker Kimchi Butter Spamwich is definitely a mouthful to say, but it’s also a mouthful of deliciousness.2024 August 8, Reach Guinto, “Kimchi Butter Is The Star Of This One Of A Kind King’s Hawaiian Spamwich”, in Foodbeast, archived from the…. From the entry spamwich
  • Gooey, crisp tasty little mouthfuls of mac ’n’ cheesy love!2023, Jackie Weight, A Kiss of Smoke, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN. From the entry mac 'n' cheesy
  • She was smiling and laughing through her mouthful of pannenkoeken.2018, Samantha Cayto, chapter 5, in Star Dance (Alien Blood Wars; 4), Lincoln, Lincolnshire: Pride Publishing, Totally Entwined Group, →ISBN. From the entry pannenkoek
  • “Hoggans?” Chloe mumbled around a mouthful of herby pasty.2017, Kathleen Ernst, Mining for Justice, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN. From the entry hoggan
  • Swallowing —it was like trying to choke down mouthfuls of toilet paper— she made a face at him.2014, Karen Robards, Hush, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 318. From the entry choke down
  • Here's some jossop for you, from the sawbones.' She uncorked the little flask and obliged the stranger to swallow a mouthful.2010, Joan Aiken, Is. From the entry jossop
  • So, whereas mouthfuls and servings are the units of fullness, mindfuls and savorings are the units of mind-fullness.2008, Pavel G Somov, Eating the Moment. From the entry mindful
  • Turnball sprayed out a mouthful of cakecrumbs.2008, Colin Rock, The Jelly Game, page 89. From the entry cakecrumb
  • I began asking my mom to write things down for me as I created poetry by the mouthful and the dayful.2006, Mattie J.T. Stepanek, Jimmy Carter, Jennifer Smith Stepanek, Just Peace: A Message of Hope. From the entry dayful
  • “Why bother with just a meaningless mouthful when there’s a much bigger, munchier morsel coming along right behind me?”1987, Jim Lawrence, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, New York, N.Y.: Modern Publishing, Unisystems, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry munchy
  • To those used to one standard, this book may offer a taste passing strange, like the original mouthful of kina roe.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Preface. From the entry kina
  • The pigeon crammers of Paris took mouthfuls of grain and water and spat it into the mouth of a pigeon.1959, A.M.A. Archives of Pathology, volume 68. From the entry crammer
  • Oscar uncapped his beer, rinsed the first mouthful around.1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 51. From the entry rinse
  • His throat worked as he poured the drink down his throat, then he took another mouthful and swashed it around before spitting it out.2019, Matthew Hughes, A God in Chains. From the entry swash
  • But how are we supposed to know for sure?” Jennie talks through her mouthful of peanut buttery toast knowing she’s breaking a cardinal mother-rule.2019, Andrene Low, chapter 14, in Brush with Fame (That Seventies Series; 2), Squabbling Sparrows Press, →ISBN. From the entry peanut buttery
  • Alison had a mouthful of warm, rather fusty wine and lay back on the grass, cupping the back of her head in her hand.2018, Caroline Kington, A Tangled Summer, Eye & Lightning Books, →ISBN. From the entry fusty
  • Later that day, when you sat down to a meal of bulgogi, you spat out the second mouthful and picked out something glittering.2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 19. From the entry bulgogi
  • Anyfing wiv a crocodilly clip on t'end comes alive and grabs mouthfuls of cable in any order or fashion, that takes hours to unravel.2015 June 18, canaldrifter, “The Buggrance Factor”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 Apr 2025. From the entry crocodilly

Meaning of mouthful

  1. noun The amount that will fit in a mouth.
  2. noun Quite a bit.
  3. noun Something difficult to pronounce or say.

Full definition of mouthful

Questions about mouthful in a sentence

How do you use mouthful in a sentence?
Mouthful is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.”
What is a short sentence with mouthful?
“to give someone a mouthful”
What does mouthful mean?
Mouthful means the amount that will fit in a mouth.

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