How to Use lip in a Sentence

lip

1 of 3 noun

• He had a cut on his lip.
• She was nervously biting her lip.
• And then Willis pursed her lips, blinked a few times and that was that.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• The lip balm coats the lips without leaving a sticky residue.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
• Next, put the raisin between your lips and hold it there.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 11 May 2023
• But for now, all the hype is swirling around that one shiny blue lip compact.
  — Rory Satran, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2023
• In the black-and-white still, the pair can be seen locking lips while Gomez lies in Blanco’s arms.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2023
• His eyes are fixed in an icy stare, his lips curl toward a snarl.
  — Emily Birnbaum, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
• To compliment her lips and brows is the silky dark hair she’s known for.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
• Her makeup was fresh and springy, with bubblegum pink blush and a nude lip.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 4 May 2023
• In the black-and-white photo, Gomez leaned back while Blanco hunched over to plant a kiss on her lips.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
• She was rarely seen without a pair of round glasses or a red lip.
  — Glamour, 2 Mar. 2024
• Throw on a red lip to punch things up, but really, this dress does all the work for you.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 31 Aug. 2023
• Now let the rubber band relax and quickly touch it to your lip again.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2024
• Support your bowl from the bottom, raise to your lips, and enjoy.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 26 Feb. 2024
• The small lip on the edge of the platter helps catch any water that may seep out of your container.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
• Her eyes were half open, lips parted, hands in her lap and upturned.
  — Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
• Sebastian’s head was slumped; his hands were cold and his lips blue.
  — Maggie Prosser, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• The trick to fishing them night or day is reeling just fast enough to get the diving lip digging.
  — Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
• Humpback whales lack lips, so the calves can be clumsy and on very rare occasions miss some of the milk.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Unlike lip gloss or lipstick, a good lip balm won’t make your lips feel tacky or chalky.
  — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2023
• Malek wore an all-black Saint Laurent suit while Boynton gleamed in a black-and-white white dress paired with a red lip.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• Swift wore a sparkly silver gown with a thigh-high slit to the event, and accessorized with black heels and a bold red lip.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
• The base starts at either corner of your mouth and extends across the bottom of your upper lip.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 27 May 2023
• Jockey Joel Rosario was banged up and needed stitches to his lip.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• For glam, Kendall went with a subtle bronze eyeshadow look paired with a glossy pink lip.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 10 June 2023
• Those that extend to the corners of your mouth, as seen on actor Priyanka Chopra, will draw focus to the lips.
  — Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2024
• Ora’s name has remained on everyone’s lips—she’s made sure of it.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
• The look really comes together with the blush and lip color.
  — Sandra Duran, refinery29.com, 4 May 2023
• In a twist, the singer contrasted her little black dress with a pink lip, rosy blush and lined eyes for her makeup.
  — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 27 May 2023

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lip

2 of 3 adjective

• Is that enough to convince you to break out the lip liner again?
  — Andrea Lavinthal, Cosmopolitan, 27 July 2009
• Milk: Well with Drag Race and the art of being a drag queen, one of the things is lip-syncing.
  — Brennan Carley, GQ, 25 Jan. 2018
• Play it up with a lip pencil or gloss, or rock it on its own!
  — Chelsea Hall, Marie Claire, 10 Mar. 2020
• Use lip balm with sunscreen as well, to protect your lips from the sun, wind, and cold.
  — Harvard Health Letter, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
• The machines appear to sell lip kits and pressed powder kits.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Nov. 2019
• But the bone broth is the draw; choose chicken or beef, both respectably gamy and lip-coating.
  — Molly Young, Bon Appetit, 22 June 2017
• But in the West, fame has long been the explicit endgame for warriors and lip gloss magnates alike.
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2019
• This time around, the dynamic duo is giving us much more than lip kits.
  — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 24 Mar. 2020
• Age range: There’s something lip-smackin’ for everyone. Don’t miss: The cupcakes on the counter.
  — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 18 June 2017
• Wearing @kkwbeauty lipstick shade 3 in the center and 4 all over with lip liner 2.
  — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 13 June 2018
• Not using a lip brush turned out to be my problem with the Fenty Beauty lip paint.
  — Marisa Meltzer, The Seattle Times, 7 Sep. 2018
• Drag used to be very live-performance heavy, and the pendulum has just swung towards lip sync right now.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• And maybe women who only want to carry lip gloss and a debit card can manage with the cutest of tiny purses.
  — Amanda Walker, AL.com, 9 June 2017
• That bit about Crawford being a symbol wasn’t just lip service.
  — Joanna Robinson, vanityfair.com, 5 Mar. 2017
• At the very least, fans can expect some new riff on a Kylie Cosmetics palette, lip kit or makeup shade named after the tune.
  — Lindsay Weinberg, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2019
• Live music, fresh cut Christmas tree market, lip sync battle and more.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• Shadows and the glow from windows and bare bulbs impede lip reading, signing, and other visual forms of gab.
  — Lisa A. Goldstein, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2020
• Every coach that’s recruiting you gives you lip service, right?
  — Adam Jude, The Seattle Times, 21 July 2017
• Bobbi Brown’s lip pencil in Chocolate was drawn over the lips first, and then Telluride, a brownish-mauve lipstick, was patted on top.
  — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 13 Sep. 2017
• Both are complete with a matte liquid lipstick and lip pencil.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 27 Sep. 2017
• Just like last season, four queens are advancing to the finale, which looks to be another epic lip sync showdown.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 14 June 2018
• As wild as the idea of a museum for Kylie might sound, a convention devoted to all things lip kits isn't entirely out of the question.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 17 Jan. 2020
• There's no word on what the complete collection will include, yet, but the video does seem to point to lip products and a set of possible eyeshadow.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 22 Aug. 2018
• Major League Baseball has pressured the team to ditch the antiquated caricature, and the team has at times paid lip-service to the concern.
  — Ted Berg, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2017
• Expect some swelling the first day or two, so don't have lip injections the same afternoon as an important date or meeting.
  — Micaela English, Town & Country, 17 Feb. 2016
• But there was something else weird about the performance: Fans pointed out throughout the performance that Lamar appeared to be lip synching.
  — Matt Miller, Esquire, 9 Jan. 2018
• Cosplay events include a craftsmanship contest, a dating game and a lip sync battle.
  — Courant Staff, courant.com, 9 July 2018
• And above-neck, the pigment popped best from lip level, finishing would-be dramatic beauty looks with a hint of buoyancy.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2018
• Cups are cut out of the sheet then enter a lip roller — imagine parallel coffee cans, spiraling fast, just barely touching — that curls the white edge of each cup in and under.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
• Devgan says that women with long philtrum distances often choose lip fillers and don't realize lip fillers aren't the best solution in their case.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Aug. 2019

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lip

3 of 3 verb

• In that round, his birdie bid at the 18th for a 62 lipped out of the cup.
  — Jesse Smithey, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2018
• Dry lips are a thing of the past with this set of Burt’s Bees lip balms.
  — Kiana Murden, CNN Underscored, 14 Dec. 2020
• Few putts here or there that lipped out that should have gone in.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
• The sheriff's office is being tight-lipped about the cause of death.
  — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019
• Pernice had a birdie putt of about eight feet that lipped out.
  — Mike James, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Woods' eagle putt lipped out, and the hole was halved, with Woods and Manning 3 up.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2020
• Sutherland had a 20-foot birdie putt lip out on the fifth playoff hole.
  — John Marshall, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2020
• Tokarski slipped his thumb in the fish's mouth and carefully lipped it through the hole.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2020
• And Stuart is supposed to lip-sync along with us while the band is playing along with the tracks.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2021
• Sutherland could've won it on the fifth extra hole but watched his putt lip out.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2020
• Rae rose to fame by posting short dance and lip syncing clips.
  — Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
• How long is the hair and makeup process with your Mohawk, tattoos and lip?
  — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2022
• Silky Nutmeg Ganache primed and ready to lip-sync for her motherf---ing life?
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• Throughout the sixth season, the queens acted, danced, sewed and lip synched their way into the top four.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 2 Sep. 2021
• Spieth lipped out a two-foot putt on No. 4, missing a chance to move to 2-under.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 21 June 2019
• On the 17th, Gifford nearly holed his bunker shot and Gachet lipped out for a bogey to leave the door open.
  — Gary Curreri, Sun-Sentinel.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• The trend: Lip tints Get ready to say goodbye to matte lipsticks and hello to lip stains.
  — Health.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• Forget donut skin; this gives you lip glaze like no other.
  — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 5 May 2022
• Singers like Mangeshkar were hired to record the songs in advance and to which actors would lip sync or a sequence would play out on screen.
  — Swati Gupta, CNN, 6 Feb. 2022
• Artists are paying thousands of dollars for your fave creators to dance and lip sync to their tracks.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 12 June 2020
• There's something for everyone, whether that's a new cleanser, essence, or lip tint.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 12 July 2022
• The line includes beard oils, beard balms, hand and lip balms, and men’s grooming accessories ($5-$48).
  — oregonlive, 4 Oct. 2021
• That one lipped out, leaving a bogey putt that was 10 inches longer than the par effort.
  — Eamon Lynch, Golfweek, 15 Feb. 2020
• But Thomas bogeyed the 17th after his 12-footer for par lipped out, reducing the deficit to two strokes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• Participants should choose a favorite song to lip sync and pair it with their best dance moves.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2020
• Sound does not carry as well when social distancing, and with the masks off, many cannot see well enough to lip read.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 6 May 2021
• Instead, five female models and five male models lip synced the lyrics.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2019
• Those videos online of cops lip synching or anything with humor shows the police are not all scary all the time.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Apr. 2021
• Or will spoiler-phobe Jonathan Nolan keep the cast tight-lipped about the mysteries of its sophomore drama?
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2017
• When reps bagel, the penalties can range from having to lip-synch to Britney Spears to having to shave their beard and consume the clippings.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 5 May 2024