lip

Example Sentences

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"I just want to see my top lip again," he mourns ruefully.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Mr. Epstein pays only lip service to the idea that constraints aren’t always beneficial.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

His lower lip quivers; there’s an expression on his face that my husband and I used to call “sad baby.”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Also, he noticed, the marketing he saw generally “paid only the visual equivalent of lip service to diversity,” with some exceptions.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

The way he bit his lip, the nervous but hopeful expression, the searching green eyes: he was so achingly familiar.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows