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

There they are, mouthing away term after term.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor