Example Sentences

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Her only line was mouthing the words “I love you” to Richard Dreyfuss’s character.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2023

Charlie was mouthing off, you know, he’s like, ‘Here I am, I’m 9 years old beating the No. 1 player in the world and supposedly the best golfer of all time.’

From Fox News • Dec. 18, 2020

“He was mouthing, I was mouthing back at him ... I just told him, ‘Man, that’s a dirty play.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2020

I was mouthing words — names, numbers, snippets of songs — hoping to find a tone, a pitch, that would register as sound.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2019

Behind Em, Bridge was mouthing two words to Tab.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead