mouth
are mouthing
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present progressiveof mouth.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Guantánamo detainees are routinely taped, whether they are mouthing off angrily to guards or chatting with one another.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 25, 2016
Both presumptive presidential nominees are mouthing the infrastructure mantra.
From US News ● May 17, 2016
“It’s usually Kent and Dennis who are mouthing off most of the time,” Horford said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2016
Probably the grown-ups are mouthing more to each other.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
See, yon stakes Gape and grin like fangs of snakes; Not snakes nor hounds are mouthing thus; Pan himself is watching us.
From Georgian Poetry 1911-12 by Sir Edward Howard Marsh
