How to Use mouthed in a Sentence

mouthed

adjective
  • But Austin’s star, and the foul-mouthed edge that came with it, was on the rise.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The video starts with a shot of O.J. Simpson’s open-mouthed grin.
    Marisa Gerber, latimes.com, 15 June 2019
  • But the foul-mouthed raccoon takes the spotlight for the first time in Vol.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The Swedes watched the ball go in with open-mouthed disbelief.
    Tim Booth, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2018
  • Beer lapped out of a trumpet-mouthed glass a yard long.
    New York Times, 28 Dec. 2020
  • For starters, the game's weapons start out feeling quite mealy-mouthed.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2017
  • For men who came of age in the mid-'90s, Liz Phair was their potty-mouthed dream girl.
    Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The boat’s net courses through the water like a gape-mouthed whale shark.
    Craig Welch, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Trim carrots and place in a wide-mouthed glass pint jar with red chile.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 20 May 2019
  • Olivia was alway very brave and close-mouthed about her health.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2021
  • Lily Savage was more than just foul-mouthed jokes and quick wit.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Ryan Reynolds is best known as the beloved and foul-mouthed superhero of our dreams.
    refinery29.com, 15 June 2018
  • Part of the problem is that the potty-mouthed comedienne didn't write the script this time.
    Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 20 Aug. 2017
  • This kind of mealy-mouthed writing is Williamson’s bread-and-butter.
    Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Nothing but mad props for a fan base proud of its rep as the most foul-mouthed, drunken bullies in the NFL!
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is a foul-mouthed former army captain of the hard right.
    The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Which leaves them open-mouthed, bewildered, some of them.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Hosts of the show were shown open-mouthed in amazement as Messi completed the task with ease.
    SI.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • But as angry and frothy-mouthed as many fans, and some in the media, are, his words could be taken as such.
    Eric Bolin, ajc, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Pack the tomato halves into a clean, wide-mouthed 2-quart glass jar with a tight-fitting lid.
    Flora Tsapovsky, SFChronicle.com, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Hole hearted, the large-mouthed, long-haired frontrunner sang over and over.
    Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • This demo starred the same foul-mouthed monkey that stole the show in BG&E2's debut trailer.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 22 June 2017
  • British actor Nicholas Hoult steps into the role of smart-mouthed Jerry Salinger.
    Katie Walsh, kansascity, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Lonzo Ball is the annual wild card, and not just because of his loud-mouthed dad, LaVar.
    Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, 15 May 2017
  • Billy Bob Thornton stars as a boozy, foul-mouthed mall Santa -- and the result is that rare mix of both naughty and nice.
    Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 31 July 2017
  • Director James Gunn clearly loves the foul-mouthed fowl.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 8 Apr. 2017
  • Sal is loud, brash, and foul-mouthed, a spark plug for a film that’s otherwise painfully quiet.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2017
  • This big-mouthed, plankton-eating shark is the second-largest living shark species in the world, growing to be up to 45 feet long.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Based on this legend, the ancient game is played on wooden tables with holes and an open-mouthed bronze toad on top.
    National Geographic, 23 July 2020
  • To be fair, the movie does portray its kid characters as the vulgar, foul-mouthed brats who populated movies back in the Reagan era.
    Craig D. Lindsey, Chron, 23 Feb. 2023

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