water at the mouth
Example Sentences
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On a recent sweltering weekday morning, environmental scientist Rosi Dagit waded into the murky water at the mouth of the Los Angeles River.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Soon the dogs, expecting a meal, would start to water at the mouth at sound of the bell.
From Time Magazine Archive
I then covered it over with the same material, leaving an opening at each end; then I placed a No. 1 Newhouse trap under the water at the mouth of the tunnel.
From Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)
Just hitch up the dogs, crack a whip, and yell 'Mush on!' and he'll get the snow-shoe itch, and water at the mouth for hardship.'
From Pardners by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
The largest I ever heard of was taken in the Hallowstell fishing water, at the mouth of the Tweed, in April 1840, and weighed twenty-three pounds and a half.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
