Example sentences for: lip

How can you use “lip” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Lip service, as in the phrase to pay lip service --from the act of raising one's voice publicly in prayer or song while inwardly harboring contrary convictions--is probably the most widespread and durable formulation.

  • The Washington Post called her dress "cleavage-coercing" and reported that her handler, Susan Carpenter-McMillan, dabbed sweat from Jones' upper lip and set aside a piece of used chewing gum that Jones handed her.

  • Next month: Bison Are Low Fat (and Lip Smackin').

  • The red-nosed, mustachioed fellow with a beret on his head, a crumpled cigarette drooping from his lip, and a long baguette or two under his arm certainly does exist and can be seen in all regions of the country.

  • One such muscle is the triangularis , which (judging from an illustrative photograph on Page 208) pulls the corner of the lip down in an expression that Chatterbox would call ...


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