in the mouth


see down in the dumps (mouth); look a gift horse in the mouth.

Words Nearby in the mouth

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How to use in the mouth in a sentence

  • Well, I reckon it's about time, an' the best thing you can do, for you look sort o' pinin' an' down-in-the-mouth.

    Peggy Stewart at School | Gabrielle E. Jackson
  • "Cherries-in-the-mouth," a somewhat aged and highly-painted Indian, was very much taken with one of the missionaries.

  • I have always put the utmost confidence in you; but, my good fellow, you must not come to me in this down-in-the-mouth way.

    Phoebe, Junior | Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
  • A few years ago he was growing frightfully down-in-the-mouth.

    The Big Drum | Arthur Pinero