down in the mouth
Example Sentences
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Food is only mechanically broken down in the mouth.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
He said he finds that population “kind of down in the mouth as a way that’s unique to New Orleans.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2020
And I think Merton essentially was too humorous and too complete a man to have been down in the mouth about his sins all the time.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 14, 2019
David Luiz looks down in the mouth after Chelsea's defeat in the FA Cup semi-final with Manchester City.
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013
She dropped down in the mouth of the tent, looking stubborn.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
