MOUTH in a Sentence

Learn MOUTH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
333 example sentences for MOUTH, such as:
1. Blood streams out of his mouth.
2. A wise head makes a close mouth.
3. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest.
4. An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.
5. The blood was spat out of his mouth.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of MOUTH
mouth
 n.  the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
 n.  an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Her tone was so sweet that he took the pipe from his mouth and drew his chair up to the table.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  Once he found her mouth again, and they seemed to be by the pond together in the burning August sun.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  He leaned back and drew her mouth to his.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  He got his face down close to hers, with his ear to her mouth, and in the darkness he saw her eyes open and heard her say his name.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  Scarlett made a mouth of bored impatience.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  Her face felt stiff as from pain and her mouth actually hurt from having stretched it, unwillingly, in smiles to prevent the twins from learning her secret.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  Still she said nothing, wishing that it was permissible to shake one's father and tell him to hush his mouth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  Ellen's tired mouth smiled into the tumult as she addressed herself first to her husband, as a wife should.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
9  Mammy stood beside the table, watching every forkful that traveled from plate to mouth, as though she intended to force the food down Ellen's throat should she see signs of flagging.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  Scarlett sopped the wheat cake in the gravy and put it in her mouth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
11  There was a cool recklessness in his face and a cynical humor in his mouth as he smiled at her, and Scarlett caught her breath.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
12  Nothing had ever startled or frightened her so much, and her mouth went too dry for her to utter a sound.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  He sat clutching her hand, his mouth wide open.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
14  He stuttered several times, closed his mouth and opened it again, and again became geranium colored.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  Melanie and Charles, who were on excellent terms with their uncle, had frequently offered to relieve her of this ordeal, but Pitty always set her babyish mouth firmly and refused.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence: (123 in 9 pages)
1  At the mouth of the river is a large area of marsh.
2  Don't argue with me, every word comes out of your mouth would be the solid evidence of hurting me.
3  He took a mouthful of water and swirled it around his mouth.
4  A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.
5  I didn't open my mouth until he talked himself out.
6  An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.
7  While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's.
8  A tree whose hungry mouth is prest.
9  Open your mouth wide and say "Ah".
10  Most manuscripts postdate the stories which have circulated by word of mouth for centuries.
11  Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
12  Blood streams out of his mouth.
13  He was spitting blood after being hit in the mouth.
14  The blood was spat out of his mouth.
15  A wise head makes a close mouth.