Example Sentences

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They incessantly talked over each other so intensely that no viewer could possibly understand anything they were mouthing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2023

As it got to £13,000, they were mouthing, “Oh my God!” to me.

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2020

The News was selling a million copies a day when Jazz Age flappers were mouthing the passwords that got them into speakeasies.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2015

Ms. Ellwood grew so desperate to find moments that synched, she said, that she even hired a lip reader to transcribe what the people were mouthing, in hopes of finding matching audio.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2011

“Well, you were mouthing off, Jade. I mean, I could never talk to a teacher like that.”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson