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Sentences starting with lips

Lips that now tremble, Do you dissemble When you deny that the human is best? [11]

Sentences ending with lips

At last he yielded to the longing which urged him, and kissed little John--his, yes, his own son--first on his high, open brow, and then on his red lips. [10]
I recall as yesterday the day Captain Clapsaddle rode to the Hall, his horse covered with sweat, and the reluctant tidings of Captain Jack Carvel's death on his lips. [9]
And whatever she would say was bound to have a quality of interest and attraction that could be exercised by no other lips. [4]
He said it would be happiness enough to look upon her face once more--it would be almost too much happiness when to it was added the fact that she would bring messages with her that were fresh from Louise's lips. [5]
Sirona is a worthy and innocent woman, and at the time when Phoebicius came out to seek her, I had never even set eyes upon her nor had my ears ever heard a word pass her lips. [10]
At first the words often rose to my lips. [10]
Was there no word in the two languages to find its way to my lips? [9]
He put the will carefully back in its place, and spread his mouth and swung his hat once, twice, three times around his head, in imitation of three rousing huzzahs, no sound issuing from his lips. [5]
Think of her wild fancy as we may, she felt as if that dusky woman of her midnight vision on the river were breathing for one hour through her lips. [6]
When the scoundrel whom she had called husband, and for whom her contempt had become too deep for hate, sneeringly assailed her family as having been fed from generation to generation from the corn-bin of the Museum, she bit her lips. [10]

Short sentences using lips

Stafford's lips curled with contempt. [11]
On her lips was wisdom. [11]
Euphrasia's lips were tightly closed. [9]
Count Lips must stay! [10]
Her lips were parted. [9]
The lips were moving. [11]
Then his lips moved dryly. [11]
He tightened his lips. [9]
Soolsby frowned; his lips worked. [11]
The dying man's lips opened. [11]

Sentences containing lips two or more times

My lips softly touched the red lips on the canvas; and, as I was all the happier, I fancied that my mother in Heaven must be glad too. [10]
Sweet rosy lips to kiss, Come then and bring me bliss, Come then and bring me bliss, Sweet rosy lips to kiss! [10]
Kiss my lips, thou Lord of light, Kiss my lips a soft good night! [6]
The soldiers lifted the canteen lids to their lips with reverential faces, emptied them, rolling the vodka in their mouths, and walked away from the sergeant major with brightened expressions, licking their lips and wiping them on the sleeves of their greatcoats. [2]
Now she even succeeded in moving her lips, and the man, who still held her little burning hand clasped in his first heard his own name very faintly uttered; then her parched lips almost inaudibly repeated the exclamation: "Too late! [10]
Their lips are lips that never kiss and never sing; their hearts are hearts that never hate and never love; their breasts are breasts that never swell with the sentiment, "I have a country and a flag. [5]
She dropped beside him and caught his head, like a mother, to her shoulder, and set her warm lips on his forehead and hair with a kind of hunger; and then he drew her face down and kissed her on the lips. [11]
He distinctly recalled her eyes and lips, and during the last few days remaining to him, his Madonna obtained Florette's joyous expression, while the sensual, alluring charm, that had been peculiar to the mouth of the musician's daughter, soon hovered around the Virgin's lips. [10]
Only one word has stood between many a pair of young people and their lifelong happiness, and that word has got as far as the lips, but the lips trembled and would not, could not, shape that little word. [6]
At last the eyes opened wide, stayed open, saw the figure bent over him, and the lips whispered, "Oshondonto--my master," as a cup of brandy was held to his lips. [11]

More example sentences with the word lips in them

I know from your own lips that there is no passion which can betray Caesar into perjury. [10]
And how pale your lips are! [10]
I remember in your letter you mentioned the remark of some friend of yours that the verses, "Take, O take those lips away," were not Shakspeare's; I think they are. [6]
Bear witness to your friend that no evil word ever passed the lips of either of them. [10]
I understood that you were a man of letters, and I hoped I might have the privilege of hearing from your own lips some account of your literary experiences. [6]
I have blessed you so, My lips upon your lips; between must flow The river--Oh the river! [11]
Refusal had been written on the lips and the face of the manager at the beginning, but at last I prevailed. [11]
Instead of neatly written labels, living lips told us their names. [10]
Before all the world, with a smile of conventional welcome on her lips, with the same hand-clasp that any friend and lover of humanity would give him? [11]
These are the words the Irishman sang: "She was a queen, she stood up there before me, My blood went roarin' when she touched my hand; She kissed me on the lips, and then she swore me To die for her--and happy was the land. [11]
But a true word, fresh from the lips of a true man, is worth paying for, at the rate of eight dollars a day, or even of fifty dollars a lecture. [6]
Yet not a word which could have resembled a question escaped his beardless lips while he examined, sewed, and bandaged the deep sword thrust with the skill and care of a surgeon. [10]
And yet the word was on the lips of a great many men on the Street. [4]
Not a single word unconnected with his trade, the weather, or an accident, had ever reached the friends' ears from Chello's thick lips, and this circumstance seemed to warrant Hermon in the expectation of learning from him the pure, unadulterated truth. [10]
Not a serious word had reached his ears from the wanton lips of the Lesbian, while Althea at once desired information concerning his art, and showed that she was thoroughly familiar with the works and the aspirations of the Alexandrian sculptors. [10]
Cups filled high with wine now circulated among the mad-cap mystics; even Melissa refreshed herself, handing the beaker to her lover, and Diodoros raised to his mouth that place on the rim which her lips had touched. [10]
The worthy man with the smooth face, firmly-closed lips, and long nose, which offered an excellent straight line to its owner's burin, sat on a throne in the costume of a Roman general, while Vulcan and Bacchus, Minerva and Poinona, offered him gifts. [10]
Washington sprang forward, with the eager question on his lips, and the Senator said: "We may rejoice freely, now, my son--Providence has crowned our efforts with success. [5]
His eyes filled with tears, and he bent as tenderly as a father might over the pale face, and pressed a gentle kiss on the bloodless lips of the senseless youth. [10]
He flattered her with so much tact, that she thought she heard an unconscious echo through his lips of an admiration which he only shared with all around him. [6]
The wounded, bandaged with rags, with pale cheeks, compressed lips, and knitted brows, held on to the sides of the carts as they were jolted against one another. [2]
Breathless, speechless, dripping with perspiration, and with bleeding lips, the elder messenger sank on the threshold of Amminadab's house, now the home of Miriam also. [10]
But she stood with her lips parted and her hands dropped, staring at my companion. [9]
It is covered with a marble slab which has been much worn by the lips of pilgrims. [5]
His orbs gleamed with a deadly light, but his lips moved not. [5]
She was a willing servant to Stephanus because as often as she went to him, she could hear his son's name from his lips, and he rejoiced at her coming because she always gave him the opportunity of talking of Hermas. [10]
Such a confession will probably flow more easily from the lips when sought by the person for whom it means happiness or despair, than when a stranger--even one as old and friendly as I--seeks to draw it from a modest maiden. [10]
Keep calm, I will call again tomorrow," said Metivier; and putting his fingers to his lips he hastened away. [2]
But she seemed wilful too, and contradictory--at any rate to-day; for when Orion pointed out some move to her she rarely took his advice, but with set lips, pushed the piece according to her own, rarely wiser, judgment. [10]
Agne was gazing wide-eyed into the darkness; Dada had long been asleep, but she breathed painfully and her rosy lips were puckered now and then as if she were in some distress. [10]
Even Theocritus, on whose lips a word of flattery or applause was always ready, looked down in his dismay; but Caracalla, in his frenzy of excitement, heeded nothing. [10]
The prime minister, whose last breath was spent in scolding his nurse, dies with a magnificent apothegm on his lips, manufactured by a reporter. [6]
The man on whose breast he saw Kasana lay her head was a prince, a person of high rank and great power, and the capricious beauty did not always repel the bold man, when his lips sought those for whose kiss Ephraim so ardently longed. [10]
It was she whom he recognized first of all, whose name was on his lips in his waking moments. [9]
It was Virginia who first caught sight of the new dome of the Capitol through the slanting rain, but she merely pressed her lips together and said nothing. [9]
Poor soldier he who did not raise his sword, And, touching with his lips the hilt-cross, swear In war or peace the livery to wear Of one that blessed him with her queenly word. [11]
Presently, seeing the whiteness of his face but not the look in his eyes, she turned to the table, and pouring out a glass of water from a pitcher there, held it to his lips. [11]
Cornelia's lips grow white, and her pulse hardly warms her thin fingers,--but she has melted all the ice out of the hearts of those young Gracchi, and her lost heat is in the blood of her youthful heroes. [6]
Her face was white to the edges of her lips, and her eyes were blazing. [8]
Even as he whistled Meyerbeer, riding towards Tralee, his eyes had a look of one who was trying to see into things; and his lips, when the whistling ceased, had a cheerful pucker which seemed to show that he had seen what he wanted. [11]
That opening morn, which used to salute him with the whispers of zephyrs, the carol of skylarks, may breathe, as its first accents, from the dear lips which colour and heat have quitted,--'Oh! [14]
Her lips, too, which she had but rarely and timidly opened for a question or an answer, were in constant motion; for how much she desired to know, how many questions she had to ask the silent husband who had endured such terrible suffering. [10]
A certain sullenness which Rudyard and no one else had ever seen came into her eyes, and her lips became white with an ominous determination. [11]
The tender smile which played on his features filled her soul with the certainty that he would vouchsafe to be gracious; nay, she could believe that he moved those marble lips and promised to grant her prayer. [10]
That word oblivion, which Mrs. Rindge had so aptly applied to the horse, was constantly on her lips, and it would not have surprised her if she had spoken it. [9]
Every pet name which he had once been so glad to hear, and during recent years had forgotten, again fell from her lips. [10]
Pretence it is which drives the Other Self away with wailing on its lips. [11]
But touch him where we may he feels a hurt; and while Uncle Conrad and the rest press him with questions, he can only point to his head and lips, which are too weak for thinking or speaking. [10]
I knew that when I saw you again the brown eyes would be browner, the words at the lips would be sweeter--and so it is. [11]
On the days when his letters came it was as his emissary that the sun shone to give her light in darkness, and she went about the house with a song on her lips. [9]
He stopped short when he saw them, his hand fell to his sides, and his words died on his lips. [9]
It changed instantly when he glanced about him, and an oath broke from his lips as he singled out Eliphalet Hopper standing in sullen aggressiveness, beside the table. [9]
If Leonax was what Semestre described him, she would not repel him like the other suitors, whom she had rejected with laughing lips. [10]
Do you know what just forced from my lips the exclamation of pain which alarmed you? [10]
I have known what it was to dream of the great passions; but since my mother kissed me before she died, no woman's lips have pressed my cheek,--nor ever will. [6]
Have you forgotten what first your eyes and then your lips confessed? [10]
Poor old Hannah wetted the parched lips and softly stroked the hot brow, murmuring endearing and pitying words, and thanking the Father of all that the mother was happy and did not know. [5]
Mrs. Holt's lips were tightly shut as she descended and made her way up the steps. [9]
His fine lips were tightly closed, as if in pain. [9]
While her lips were still glowing from his kisses, she had carried on a reckless game with another, and was now robbing him of the repose of mind which he so urgently, needed. [10]
But her lips were now tight closed, her glance now and anon seeking mine, and then falling with an exquisite droop to the coverlet. [9]
There also cries were heard and from a thousand lips rang the glad shout: "Jehovah our standard! [10]
But the lips were firmly closed, bidding defiance, as ever, to the world. [9]
When Prince Andrew went in the two princesses, who had only met once before for a short time at his wedding, were in each other's arms warmly pressing their lips to whatever place they happened to touch. [2]
She knew full well the meaning of the deep lines that marked his lips and brow; for Porphyrius had never made any secret of his distress and vexation whenever he found himself compelled to confess a creed in which he did not honestly believe. [10]
Twice or thrice we seemed to get the signal, and a shout was just ready to break from the men's lips when they perceived it was a false alarm. [5]
He had a way of eyeing me at times, his glasses in his hand, a queer smile on his lips, as much as to imply that there was one at least among the lost who was made for better things. [9]
And once more, Wassef touched his breast, his lips, and his forehead. [11]
Seeing who it was--a widow who, with no demureness, had tried without avail to bring Luke Claridge to her--her lips pressed together in a bitter smile, and she said to her nephew clearly: "Patience Spielman hath little hope of thee, David. [11]
What this something was, Dudley Venner could hardly say; but he felt it distinctly, and it sealed his lips. [6]
The precise widow was very much upset, she was also horrified at the insolent answer which,--she knew not how,--had just passed her lips. [10]
Philippus, quite undaunted, was trying to adjust the bandage over his wound, when Rustem suddenly flung his arms round his body and tried with all his might, and with foaming lips, to drag him down. [10]
And though it was too dark for Pierre to see, he felt that a suppressed smile of kindliness puckered the soldier's lips as he put these questions. [2]
Excited as he was to fanaticism, his condemning lips could not fail to find vigorous and impressive words. [10]
In the eyes was the darkness of the well of despair; but at his lips was iron resolution. [11]
Most like it was that love for a cause, which was more to be encouraged by her than any woman's love for a man, which as she grew older inspired her with aversion, as talk of marriage brought cynical allusions to her lips. [11]
Even while she was still speaking, the friends exchanged significant glances; but scarcely had the last words fallen from her lips when the giant figure of the freedman passed through the door, which had remained open. [10]
William Ferguson's mother was so astounded that she let her gin-bottle drop, and her profane lips refused to do their office. [5]
Last spring she was sewing here with a song on her lips, watching for him to turn the corner as he came back to dinner. [9]
While Mavra Kuzminichna was running to her room the officer walked about the yard gazing at his worn-out boots with lowered head and a faint smile on his lips. [2]
The charming creature was opening her lips to speak in reply, when the door was hastily opened too, and the head of Sampson Brass was thrust into the room. [12]
But her kiss was on her lips only, for her heart was heavy. [4]
The Mukaukas, who was lying deathly pale with colorless lips, scarcely opened his eyes at his son's greeting. [10]
But when I was listening to the hymn to the Virgin yesterday, it seemed as if an angel from heaven was singing from her lips. [10]
Any one who was learned in the heart of woman might have smiled at such words from such lips and in such an hour; but Hermas blushed and cast down his eyes, and knew not what to answer. [10]
And Dorothy, too, was leaning forward, her lips parted and her eyes riveted upon his face. [9]
And soon I was in his arms; but although that he kissed me lovingly, meseemed that something strange was on his lips which pleased me not, and I yet remember that I put my kerchief to my mouth to wipe that from it. [10]
The maiden's brow was grave and thoughtful, the lips firmly set; but she seemed to Dido to have grown, and to have gained something of her mother's mature dignity. [10]
While the hand was extended, he reached and brought it to his lips, then quickly kissed her on the forehead, and walked away. [11]
His white hair was chiselled on his broad brow, his face was a solemn pathos petrified, his lips were curled with an iron contempt, an incalculable anger. [11]
Her snowy-white head was bent upon his, her tears running fast, and her lips moving in silent prayer to Him who giveth and taketh away. [9]
As the flask was at Rudyard's lips, Barry Whalen said to Krool, "What do you stay here as--deserter or prisoner? [11]
A harsh answer was already on his lips, when he saw Ulrich, who had paused on the threshold in bewilderment. [10]
The long waiting was a sore trial, yet laughter was often upon her lips henceforth. [11]
On the lips was a mocking smile. [11]
Then he approached warily, and adopted conciliation; pursed up his lips and tried to whistle, but failed; still approached, saying, "Poor dog!--doggy, doggy, doggy!--poor doggy-dog! [5]
At last a wan smile stole to her lips, but it did not reach her eyes. [11]
She did not wake till late, and it was with downcast eyes and set lips that she went with Karnis and Orpheus to the house of Porphyrius. [10]
How did he wake me with his lips upon mine eyes, How did the singers carol--the singers of my soul That nest among the thoughts of my beloved! [11]
How did he wake me with his lips upon mine eyes, How did the singers carol, the singers of my soul, That nest among the thoughts of my beloved! [11]

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