How to Use cleft lip in a Sentence

cleft lip

noun
  • The patient was an infant just a few months old, who had been born with a cleft lip.
    — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, 9 July 2018
  • In the case of cleft lip and palate, the future of children’s faces are on the line.
    — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Then a man who has a 2-year-old with a cleft lip walked into the shelter.
    — Sydney Page Washington Post, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Jase and his wife Missy have opened up about their daughter's cleft lip and palate in the past.
    — Courtney Campbell, Country Living, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Rod's 2-year-old daughter, Emma, was born with a cleft lip and palate.
    — Freep.com, 29 Mar. 2020
  • The station said that Smith said he was often bullied at school because of his cleft lip.
    — John Hanna, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Mobile Christian’s senior pitcher was born with a cleft lip and palate.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 5 Apr. 2020
  • The organization helps spread awareness about those with cleft lips and palates.
    — Danny Horn, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Adding to the family's financial challenges was the fact that their daughter was born with a cleft lip and palate.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 Sep. 2024
  • While his cleft lip and palate have been corrected with surgery, Madden still bears a scar from the procedure.
    — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Using the steroid prednisone during pregnancy, for example, may cause a cleft lip or palate birth defect.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Abby, 6, has undergone several surgeries to correct her cleft lip and palate.
    — Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Caregivers believed he was left there because the child had a cleft lip and there was stigma associated with the condition.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Santa Cristina went north in hopes of earning enough money to pay for an operation for a relative born with a cleft lip.
    — Santiago Billy, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
  • The post contained a picture of a cat, waiting to be adopted from a Minnesota animal shelter, that had a cleft lip.
    — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2018
  • He was born with a rare genetic disorder that affected the development of his legs and feet and resulted in a cleft lip and palate.
    — Allison Torres Burtka, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The virtual event, which benefits the non-profit Smile Train, aims to raise funds and awareness for children born with a cleft lip or palate.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
  • When this fusion fails, conditions like cleft lip occur, revealing the philtrum's crucial role in facial construction.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Alexander Yefimovich waited for the call from the surgeon and was informed that all was well—the baby girl was without defects, or at least without a cleft lip.
    — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The 7-year-old Oklahoma boy was born with bilateral cleft lip and palate, and an eye condition known as heterochromia iridum.
    — Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Callie is a nine-year old Domestic Short Hair Calico with a unique facial expression due to her cleft lip.
    — Susan Green, OregonLive.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Currence, a 5-foot-8-inch senior guard on the Northeastern women’s basketball team, has undergone more than a dozen surgeries for the cleft lip and palate.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • When her third child was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, those friends showed up during long hospital visits, bringing food and offering emotional support without being asked.
    — Halona Black, Parents, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Zulema Gillett, 21, of Temecula has Goldenhar syndrome, which caused her to be born with a cleft lip, a misaligned jaw and only one ear.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Her mother, Deanna Majchrzak, knew from prenatal testing that Delaney would have some issues ― cleft lip and palate, for example.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Three years old at the time of her Wampanoag naming ceremony, Currence recognized the feather in a tribal elder’s hand from speech therapy sessions for her cleft lip and palate.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Christian Buchanan, six, was born with a condition called Tessier cleft lip and palate - so rare there are only thought to be 60 cases documented in medical history.
    — Lizzie Parry, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2018
  • After a week of campaigning for Williams to apologize, Bighill, who has a son born with a cleft lip, received an apology from the talk show host via Twitter on Wednesday.
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • In a passionate court filing interspersed with photos of Smith's life, his attorney recounted the near-daily barrage of bullying endured by a client who was born with the fiery red hair and a cleft lip and palate.
    — Roxana Hegeman, Star Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020
  • While making the statement on her show, Williams pulled up her lip, mimicking a cleft lip, which angered many viewers, including Canadian football player Adam Bighill.
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2020

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