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open-mouthed

[oh-puhn-mouthd, -moutht] / ˈoʊ pənˈmaʊðd, -ˈmaʊθt /




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“I thought my job title was junior executive VP for product management,” Bruce said, staring at his openmouthed face and those unfurled wings.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2014

From the Los Angeles police they got 100 cops to keep a crowd of 6,000 openmouthed fans in check.

From Time Magazine Archive

For four laps, he howled around the track, and dockers stared openmouthed at the time: an average 158.8 m.p.h. per lap, an astonishing 7.7 m.p.h. faster than the track record set by Jones last year.

From Time Magazine Archive

The German on his way through the woods was making discoveries that left him openmouthed: chickens perched on trees, guinea pigs peering from hollow trunks.

From Time Magazine Archive

She hung, openmouthed, in his big gloved hands, out cold.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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