water at the mouth

Example Sentences

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On a recent sweltering weekday morning, environmental scientist Rosi Dagit waded into the murky water at the mouth of the Los Angeles River.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

Soon the dogs, expecting a meal, would start to water at the mouth at sound of the bell.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dawn had broken when the hoarse siren of the steamer was heard down the Lewes, and by the time all hands were awake she was backing water at the mouth of the Gold.

From The Boy Scouts on the Yukon by Mencl, Rudolf

There was water at the mouth of the sewer, and he hopped toward it eagerly.

From Bumper, The White Rabbit by Prittie, Edwin John

All the lower vertebrates, the lancelets, lampreys, and fishes, are constantly taking in water at the mouth, and letting it out again by the lateral clefts of the gullet.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August