lip

Example Sentences

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Democracy depends on public schools that pay more than lip service to welcoming everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Presidents historically have at least paid lip service to the idea that they are supposed to consult Congress before launching a military action.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026

The inner height of the walls is 7.2 metres and the athletes soar high above the lip of the half-pipe.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

But her intensity, whether seated on the lip of the stage, where she begins, or standing in the organ loft where she winds up at the end, spoke for itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Up close like this, Bat noticed a line of hard, short little hairs just sprouting above his teacher’s upper lip.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold