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Example sentences for "lips were"

  • My lips were trembling so I could not thank him, but I think he knew what was in my heart.

  • Washington's lips were trembling as he bent over the litter.

  • I lifted my hat from my head, and my lips were trembling.

  • He stopped, for Barbara's lips were moving.

  • My heart was full, but my lips were dumb.

  • My lips were parched, and dry, and feverish, my temples throbbed with a dull oppressive pain, and my heart was very heavy.

  • The larks above me were storming the heavens with their song; my heart was singing too; and soon my lips were singing as well.

  • My lips were dry as sand, my hands were moist, and my heart was beating loudly, so that I thought the sound of it must be heard by my pursuers.

  • My hand on the reins was moist, my lips were dry, and I cursed myself that ever I had thrown in my lot with such a horde of murderers.

  • Harvey's lips were pale; and the chief could see a quiver, as of pain, overrun his face.

  • The very waywardness of the writing, the lines aslant and broken, enhanced the dauntless love that penned them; and Harvey's lips were touched to the mute symbols with reverent passion.

  • He remarked how Harvey received the advice--the latter's lips were pale, and the doctor could see them quivering.

  • Eyes were bright, cheeks were flushed, lips were parted, and the halls of Terranova echoed to a bacchanalian tumult.

  • Savigno's lips were smiling, but he awaited an answer with some restraint.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lips were" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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