Example Sentences

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As the pair returned to the peloton from a breakway, Armstrong made what Usada describes as a "taunting 'zip the lips' gesture."

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2012

"The real mistake he made," Clinton said at a debate, "was the 'Read my lips' promise in the first place.'"

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2011

“His language had a kind of ‘read my lips’ quality that will make it hard to retreat from,” Mr. Reich said.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2011

Radical increase of the lips’ protrusive range requires systematic exercise of the maxillary fasciae, such as the depressor septi, orbicularis oris, depressor anguli oris, depressor labii inferioris, and the buccinator, circumoral, and risorius groups.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2011

Pearls from ocean's deepest waters Equalled not the shining jewels Glowing in her lips' enclosure.

From Legend of Barkhamsted Light House A Tale from the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut by Mills, Lewis Sprague