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How to use mouthpiece in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Mouthpiece means the part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth. Example: “The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views.”

Examples of mouthpiece by meaning

nounThe part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth.

  • "It's 'Soapy,' talking from somewhere down there," rapped out Nickle, covering the mouthpiece as he spoke back into the room.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

nounA spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.

  • The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views.
  • Seeming “real” has been the aim since the earliest police procedurals, which began a long tradition of Hollywood productions acting as a mouthpiece for police departments.2021 April 24, Adrian Horton, “‘The uprisings opened up the door’: the TV cop shows confronting a harmful legacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  • Xi Jinping has told the People’s Liberation Army to “focus all its energy on fighting” in preparation for war, a Chinese Communist party mouthpiece has reported.2022 November 9, Verna Yu, “Xi Jinping tells China’s army to focus on preparation for war”, in The Guardian

nounA lawyer for the defense.

  • The Robber had angrily demanded his mouthpiece and when the lawyer had finally been allowed to get to them they had been automatically sprung.1954, Ian Fleming, “Death of a Pelican”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 151

More sentences with mouthpiece

  • Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.From the entry tongue
  • Similarily, the femosphere possesses intellectual mouthpieces who cloak reactionary perspectives with an intellectual and scientific façade.2025, Cécile Smmons, CTRL HATE DELETE: The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It, unnumbered page. From the entry femosphere
  • Mommy's on the phone.” There's the slight suctiony sound of her taking her hand off the mouthpiece.2003, Lily Burana, Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America, page 223. From the entry suctiony
  • The donor takes a big breath and gives his mouthpiece to the needer.1975, Jeppesen Sanderson, “Sport diver manual”, in Inc.. From the entry needer
  • The RSS mouthpiece, meanwhile, termed this as a historical opportunity but cautioned that running the government would be a tightrope walk.2015 March 1, Naseer Ganai, Kumar Vikram, “BJP and PDP join hands to govern J&K... but new Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed mars the…. From the entry tightrope walk
  • I immediately spat my mouthpiece out and unbuckled my chinstrap, yanking my helmet off of my head in a determined flash.2005, Joe Peacock, Mentally Incontinent. From the entry chinstrap
  • God is used as the mouthpiece of the parent.1987, Howard F. Stein, “Farmer and Cowboy: The Duality of the Midwestern Male Ethos—a Study in Ethnicity, Regionalism, and National…. From the entry they
  • Once an IRA mouthpiece with fringe support, it is now Ireland’s most popular party and appears poised to lead the next government.2022 October 21, Rory Carroll, “Ireland grapples with singing of pro-IRA chant”, in The Guardian. From the entry ascendance
  • Prominent Chinese-American historian Yu Ying-shih (余英時) warned on Friday (Nov. 22) of Taiwan media outlets acting as mouthpieces for the Chinese government.2019 November 23, Sophia Yang, “Historian warns some Taiwan media outlets are mouthpieces for China”, in Taiwan News, archived from the…. From the entry mouthpieces
  • This depicts trumpet blowing angels gripping instruments, of the Roman tubae variety, halfway down with the right hand, the left hand covering their mouth and the mouthpiece.1986, Raymond Buniak, A Twentieth-Century Treatise on the Trombone, [Bartlett, Ill.]: Raymond Buniak, →OCLC. From the entry tuba

Meaning of mouthpiece

  1. noun The part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth.
  2. noun The part of a wind instrument that is held in or against the mouth.
  3. noun A bit.

Full definition of mouthpiece

Questions about mouthpiece in a sentence

How do you use mouthpiece in a sentence?
Mouthpiece is used as a noun. For example: “The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views.”
What is a short sentence with mouthpiece?
“God is used as the mouthpiece of the parent.”
What does mouthpiece mean?
Mouthpiece means the part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth.

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