How to Use mouthed in a Sentence

mouthed

adjective
  • But this was a mealy-mouthed memo.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Olivia was alway very brave and close-mouthed about her health.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2021
  • For starters, the game's weapons start out feeling quite mealy-mouthed.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Trim carrots and place in a wide-mouthed glass pint jar with red chile.
    — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 20 May 2019
  • Lily Savage was more than just foul-mouthed jokes and quick wit.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But Austin’s star, and the foul-mouthed edge that came with it, was on the rise.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The boat’s net courses through the water like a gape-mouthed whale shark.
    — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The Swedes watched the ball go in with open-mouthed disbelief.
    — Tim Booth, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2018
  • The foul-mouthed teddy bear wants an Emmy.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • Shannon will play his foul-mouthed ex-wife Stacy.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Shannon will play his foul-mouthed ex-wife, Stacy.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But the foul-mouthed raccoon takes the spotlight for the first time in Vol.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • So don’t be so infarnal mealy-mouthed, with your mock modesty.
    — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • This kind of mealy-mouthed writing is Williamson’s bread-and-butter.
    — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Ryan Reynolds is best known as the beloved and foul-mouthed superhero of our dreams.
    — refinery29.com, 15 June 2018
  • Hole hearted, the large-mouthed, long-haired frontrunner sang over and over.
    — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Rob-Will's bloody-mouthed Rip retort was just as classic.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • The large-mouthed sharks end up hoovering in some of this natural debris.
    — JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Part of the problem is that the potty-mouthed comedienne didn't write the script this time.
    — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 20 Aug. 2017
  • Any attempt to contact him has been met with venomous, foul-mouthed texts in return.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Pack the tomato halves into a clean, wide-mouthed 2-quart glass jar with a tight-fitting lid.
    — Flora Tsapovsky, SFChronicle.com, 11 Sep. 2020
  • But as angry and frothy-mouthed as many fans, and some in the media, are, his words could be taken as such.
    — Eric Bolin, ajc, 11 Oct. 2017
  • At the time, people bad-mouthed her for missing performances.
    — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Sal is loud, brash, and foul-mouthed, a spark plug for a film that’s otherwise painfully quiet.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Based on this legend, the ancient game is played on wooden tables with holes and an open-mouthed bronze toad on top.
    — National Geographic, 23 July 2020
  • For men who came of age in the mid-'90s, Liz Phair was their potty-mouthed dream girl.
    — Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Yet others pushed prams or tried to quietly explain to open-mouthed children what all the fuss was about.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Hosts of the show were shown open-mouthed in amazement as Messi completed the task with ease.
    — SI.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is a foul-mouthed former army captain of the hard right.
    — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Played by Perry, she is known for being a foul-mouthed, spunky grandmother.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021

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