How to Use mouth in a Sentence

mouth

1 of 2 noun
  • I burned the roof of my mouth.
  • He kissed her on the mouth.
  • The smell of the food made my mouth water.
  • He threatened to punch me in the mouth.
  • The candy melts in your mouth.
  • She stood there with her mouth agape.
  • They told him to keep his mouth closed when chewing and not to talk with his mouth full.
  • She regretted saying it as soon as the words were out of her mouth.
  • He wiped his mouth with a napkin after eating.
  • The medication is taken by mouth.
  • Her mouth fell open at the news.
    — Jillian Frankel, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • There's not a mint in their mouth.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • There’s not a mint in their mouth.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But can you get hit in the mouth?
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • If not, please keep your mouth closed.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • His play cashed the check his mouth wrote.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Her lips and mouth were filled with blood.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The word mom speared out of her mouth.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But the first sip felt wrong in my mouth.
    — Sarah Miller, New Yorker, 20 June 2026
  • One of them wrapped his hand over my mouth.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Sprayed Windex in eyes and mouth.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The child had blood on her face, mouth and ear.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The first word out of his mouth was, yes, strikes.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • And the linen, wrapped around her, right over her mouth.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • When the mouths of wolves fall open, a script of corpses march.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Four meals a day, and 61 mouths to feed.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Instead of my mouth and my brain.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of my mouth and my brain.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • How did the hipster burn his mouth?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • Put your money where your mouth is!
    — Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026

mouth

2 of 2 verb
  • She was just mouthing the usual meaningless platitudes about the need for reform.
  • Trump has been willing to mouth these words.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • Marta clapped her hands and mouthed the words with a wide smile.
    — Alicia Delgallo, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 June 2017
  • Won’t mouth about bad play calls or simply stare at his boss.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Some of them would just stand there and mouth the words, beer delivery.
    — David Lahuta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Hannah turned up the volume, dropped down on the couch and mouthed the words.
    — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Fish will be moving slowly and may mouth it, then spit it out and swim off.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022
  • The smaller males care for the eggs, fanning them and mouthing them to clean them.
    — Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 9 July 2019
  • In the second row, Katherine waved her arms and mouthed the words to the song.
    — Samantha Max, Hoy, 7 June 2017
  • Both governments still mouth the old slogans, by rote.
    — Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Liberal viewers think Lake has mouthed off enough and needs to go.
    — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 24 July 2019
  • Buhler quietly mouthed their names along with him, like a dad at a spelling bee.
    — Andrew Blum, WIRED, 25 June 2019
  • Imagine being in a session and bad-mouthing your friend, or boss, or teammate.
    — SELF, 24 Jan. 2019
  • Who is speaking the truth, and on what basis, and who is merely mouthing what people want to hear?
    — Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 1 May 2020
  • Bad press and bad-mouthing from politicians isn’t helping, analysts say.
    — NBC News, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Big fish, say a 2-pound female, will mouth it gently without moving.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • At times during the show, the actor mouthed the words to the music playing on the soundtrack.
    — Josh Duboff, Vanities, 12 July 2017
  • There were lucrative onstage reunion shows, brimming with fans who mouthed all the lines.
    — Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Jan. 2020
  • In the video, the fish responds to commands by moving its head forward and mouthing along as Alexa speaks.
    — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2016
  • Soon after, Schwiegerath says Cummings began bad-mouthing him.
    — Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2017
  • Donadeo and his parents mouthed some words to each other prior to his arraignment.
    — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
  • How about the Kansas coach mouthing expletives at the OU team?
    — Hunter Cooke, ajc, 18 Nov. 2017
  • There was name-calling at Marshall; their center [mouthed] racial epithets on the floor.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • That said, most of the audience questions were just folks on each political side mouthing off talking points.
    — Michael Arceneaux, The Root, 26 Sep. 2017
  • No need to bring up the months of poor-mouthing about a $20 million deficit for next year — followed by fat raises to city workers.
    — Paul Jenkins, Alaska Dispatch News, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Bad-mouthing professionals in such a setting, even in the guise of idle curiosity, is wrong.
    — Jeffrey L. Seglin, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • David spent his time bad-mouthing Jordan, while Jordan spent his time claiming that David was just a liar.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 26 June 2018
  • The bad-mouthing of Washington in the national media is not helping.
    — Robert McCartney, Washington Post, 25 May 2017
  • At the end of their caucus forum, McCready mouthed something to Cano as the two shook hands.
    — Jim Morrill, charlotteobserver, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The video opened with a sultry Fox lying in bed next to the rapper and mouthing the words to the song while he is tied up with pink duct tape over his mouth.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023

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