down in the mouth
Example Sentences
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Food is only mechanically broken down in the mouth.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
He said he finds that population “kind of down in the mouth as a way that’s unique to New Orleans.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2020
And I think Merton essentially was too humorous and too complete a man to have been down in the mouth about his sins all the time.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 14, 2019
Chris Froome’s domination of the overall classification so far has left plenty of favourites down in the mouth, as a hotly anticipated yellow jersey race has failed to catch fire.
From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2015
She was very down in the mouth at the thought of losing Camilla to London, England.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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