lip
[lɪp]
Definition:
1. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
2. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
3. The top edge of a vessel.
Use 'lip' in a sentence:
- Tom lifted his lip and showed the vacancy.
- The words died on my lips.
- She bit her lower lip to keep it from trembling.
- How did you split your lip?
- The teacher should not move around too much as this makes lip reading more difficult.
- Lisa was on the brink of crying, but she bit her lip to hold the tears at bay.
- It might be that a "stiff" lip suppresses emotional response—as long as the lip is not quivering with fear or tension.
- They are recognizable by their coloring (mostly brown with yellow spots), large pointed teeth, and the notch in their lower lip.
- Her face grew white, too, and her lip trembled.
- Her lips clamped tightly together.
- The boy acquired the trick of making his lower lip tremble when asking for a free pie from a coffee stand.
- She ran her tongue over her lips.
- Her lips were set in a pout of annoyance.
- The beginnings of a moustache showed on his upper lip.
- She passed her tongue over her cracked lips and tried to speak.
- He moistened his lips before he spoke.
- Her bottom lip quivered and big tears rolled down her cheeks.
- Don't let him give you any lip!
- They are not given hearing aids or taught to lip-read.
- "Can I have my lip back?" he joked.
- His lip was curled with malicious triumph.
- Read my lips: no new taxes.
- A cigarette hung from her lips.
- She stood biting her lip, watching, for nearly an hour, until Joseph put his tambourine down and opened his eyes.
- Lava bubbled a few feet below the lip of the crater.
- He was spitting blood from a badly cut lip.
- Neutral and pale lip colors look washed out in photographs, so choose a lipstick that's one to two shades brighter than what you normally wear.
- His lower lip trembled.
- She had quite severe bruising and a cut lip.
- His full and very thick moustache covers his upper lip.
- My upper lip is always numb and it burns.
- His upper lip was flat, but the lower one sagged.
- The man's heavy moustache hid his upper lip completely.
- He licked his lips in an unpleasantly reptilian way.
- The defect happens when a baby's top lip or mouth doesn't form properly before birth.
- A silver Rolex peeks out from under his cuff, and a vertical strip of white beard drops down from his lower lip like an exclamation mark.
- He chewed his lower lip nervously.
- Rosa chewed on her lip and stared at the floor.
- He was about to speak but she raised a finger to her lips.
- A weak trembling sound issued from his lips.
- He ran his finger around the lip of the cup.
- The smile froze on her lips.
- She pressed her lips together.
- Charlotte bit her lip to hold the tears at bay.
- Her lips were dry and cracked.
- Her lip quivered and then she started to cry.
- All the parties pay lip service to environmental issues.
- Her lips compressed into a thin line.
- Her lips were slightly parted.
- His lips curved in a smile.
- He kissed her full sensual lips.
- She kissed him on the lips.
- She bit her lip nervously.
- She bit her lower lip.