How to Use on the lips of in a Sentence

on the lips of

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• There’s a word for it on the lips of more and more people: Boring.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
• This restaurant has been on the lips of many foodies in town.
  — Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2022
• About 40% of the sounds in the English language can be seen on the lips of a speaker — in good conditions, according to the CDC.
  — Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2021
• Gabriel Menino is the new name on the lips of everyone in European soccer.
  — Joshua Law, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
• But there’s another Irish name likely to be on the lips of a number of the nominees come Oscars night.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2023
• The three words on the lips of seemingly every Portland restaurant owner these days?
  — oregonlive, 3 June 2020
• Still, the others were ever-present names on the lips of my teachers, through whom that tradition had filtered down to a Massachusetts college at the end of the 1970s.
  — Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books, 21 Sep. 2022
• Menopause is not a word that has been uttered often in the beauty industry, but in 2022 it’s been on the lips of beauty brands big and small, established and emerging.
  — Taylore Glynn, Allure, 20 Dec. 2022
• His offensive performance in 2018 put the name Christian Yelich on the lips of baseball fans everywhere.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 13 May 2022
• Suddenly, price controls were back on the table and on the lips of top policymakers in the European Union.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
• That’s the question on the lips of many stock market investors trying to decipher whether equities are set for one final rally before the year is out.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
• Moisés Caicedo would not have known it — not until recently — but his name has been playing on the lips of scouts and technical directors across Europe for months.
  — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021
• Nonetheless, Wallen's streaming numbers actually have risen, and his album ranks as the biggest seller for 2021 in any genre, even though his name isn't on the lips of other country stars.
  — Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
• Freedom and democracy were also on the lips of Boutonnat who was on hand to support France’s own international soft power push in Asia.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Nov. 2023
• Those magical words ever on the lips of higher-ed bureaucrats are exactly the kind of official mantra that my theory professors in the 1980s told me to mistrust, critique and deconstruct.
  — WSJ, 14 Feb. 2023
• This is an unwanted dynamic in an environment where ‘recession’ is on the lips of so many investors, economists and government officials.
  — John Kicklighter, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• Spanish prosecutors opened an investigation of the nation's soccer federation chief, officials said Monday, in connection to his kiss on the lips of a player shortly after winning the World Cup.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Aug 2024