lip
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
She returned to skating in 2024 on her own terms, with a new look that included a halo hairstyle and a “smiley” piercing in the tissue connecting her upper lip to her gums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Kylie Rolincik, who attended one of the school’s summer programs, recalled one game in which the instructor chose songs for the students to lip sync.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But there is also concern that - just like lip fillers - you do not need any qualifications to perform the procedure.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
My perverse love for lip stuff traces back to when I was 4 and first tried on my grandmother’s Clinique lipstick in Raspberry Glace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Your lip is swollen and split. Are you okay?”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
![]()
Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
To keep the theme going, my colleagues rooted around for some of Slate’s best stories from the mid-aughts midterm year that’s on everyone’s lips.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
Nikita, who went for her bleph in November 2025, says she did not realise how invasive the procedure would be, believing it to be like "getting your lips or Botox done", she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
When my mom asked me what I’d learned on my first day of school, “Look, Jerry, look” didn’t cross my lips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
His assistant, too, is pressing her lips shut, as both of them take in my room.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
![]()
A short missed putt on the 14th cost him a shot and a three-foot birdie try on the 17th lipped out as the fine margins went against him.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
Eventually, Ricardo loses on his final stroke—his ball does “a full wrap around the hole but lipped out”—and Adams wins.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2024
Schauffele had a chance for a share of second, but his birdie putt at 18 lipped out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
Spieth had missed the green to the left, chipped to about 4 feet and lipped out.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
He was still watching Kosi and Buchi talk to the red' lipped clown, when Okwudiba arrived.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
![]()
Despite his three-foot birdie try on 18 lipping out he still won by three shots and was the only player to finish in the red.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
He then missed good birdie chances at 13, 14 and 15, also lipping out at 17 as he matched the 2019 36-hole record score of Brooks Koepka at 12 under par.
From BBC ● May 17, 2024
Matsuyama had the shortest attempt — from 20 feet — and it nearly went in the cup before lipping out.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
Matsuyama had the shortest attempt - from 20 feet - and it nearly went in the cup before lipping out.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
They looked like beavers, the water lipping about their chins, yelling.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
![]()