How to Use open-mouthed in a Sentence
open-mouthed
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All around her, open-mouthed viewers turned to face the Artist.
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Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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The camera panned to an open-mouthed Johansson standing in the wings.
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Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
19 Jan. 2026
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Around his head hovers a cluster of disembodied faces — creepy alt-Altmans, their expressions ranging from anger to open-mouthed woe.
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Cath Virginia,
The Verge,
11 Apr. 2026
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Played by a Colman Domingo who is done up to look the most wax figurine of them all in a shellacking of makeup, prosthetics, and colored contacts, Joe is always either giving an avaricious open-mouthed leer or a cold-eyed glare.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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The oldest of three brothers, he was followed into professional football by Bob, who played for Halifax Town, Middlesbrough, Notts County and Southend United, and then by Frank, who, from a very early age, could do things with a ball that would leave his siblings open-mouthed.
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Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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