Synonyms for lips

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lip

Phonetic Transcription : lɪp

Top 10 synonyms for lips

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Définition of lips

Origin : c.1600, "to kiss," from lip (n.). Meaning "to pronounce with the lips only" is from 1789. Related: Lipped; lipping.

noun edge, brink
noun insolence

Example sentences :

Let young men hear the praise of virtue from the lips of beauty.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Let me hear from your own lips the words that must decide my destiny.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

As she leaned over him, he smiled faintly, and imprinted a kiss upon her lips.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Her lips were very red and her teeth were very white, and I couldn't tell about her eyes.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

She quietly yielded, but her color came and went, and her lips moved as if to speak.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

As usual, balm was on his lips, and I found encouragement and support.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Falling from the lips of others, they dropped with conviction into my own soul.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

"You shall hear from me, sir," said the officer, biting his lips.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

He watched her as she strove to speak, but if her lips stirred they made no sound.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

He removed from his lips the short corn-cob pipe he was smoking.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

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