How to Use mouth-to-mouth in a Sentence

mouth-to-mouth

adjective
  • Some even fed her mouth-to-mouth.
    — CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Lorne had to give me mouth-to-mouth.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 May 2026
  • Her boyfriend learned valuable tips about mouth-to-mouth resuscitation without having to seek it out.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Curtis, who is certified in CPR, picked up her head started mouth-to-mouth, which fortunately got her breathing on her own again.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Kissing, which the team defined as non-aggressive, mouth-to-mouth contact that doesn’t involve food, isn’t something that can be detected in the fossil record, so Brindle and her colleagues used a different approach.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Despite wearing a helmet and protective vest, Reeve was found unconscious and not breathing, but was revived with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, according to the Washington Post.
    — Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In a video released by the fire department, first responders tried performing CPR on the cats, with some attempting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to help the animals regain consciousness.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Previously, multiple scientific studies performed by medical professionals revealed that bystanders were hesitant to perform CPR due to fear of doing it incorrectly or discomfort with mouth-to-mouth breathing.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
  • While speaking to detectives, Murray claimed to have immediately begun CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while calling Jackson's assistant to summon the security team — although it was later revealed that the call went to voicemail.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026

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