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
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This restaurant has been on the lips of many foodies in town.
—Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2022
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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
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Gabriel Menino is the new name on the lips of everyone in European soccer.
—Joshua Law, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
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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
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The three words on the lips of seemingly every Portland restaurant owner these days?
—oregonlive, 3 June 2020
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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
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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
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His offensive performance in 2018 put the name Christian Yelich on the lips of baseball fans everywhere.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 13 May 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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