open-mouthed

Example Sentences

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Asked if she is seeing a doctor, she begins to cry, first just a few slow tears, then an open-mouthed howl.

From Washington Post

While many were open-mouthed after each revelation about how this man managed to flee prison and live undetected for a year, his victims saw it a different way.

From BBC

Among the highlights of the ensuing adventure is a hyper-intelligent meerkat assassin named John the Baptist, whose head is chopped off and glued to a plate; a creature named the Gollux that speaks out of its anus;, and that improbable world-fish, vast and open-mouthed, in which Quin makes his improbable lair.

From Los Angeles Times

Shiffrin reacted with apparent open-mouthed astonishment before bending over her ski poles.

From Washington Times

But the person closest to the camera in the image, laughing open-mouthed with her hair in "Mama Mia" pigtails?

From Salon