widemouthed

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Recent Examples of widemouthed Everything from vintage travel stamps to a wide-mouthed hippopotamus has found its way under Ghobad’s brush. Brett Braley, Robb Report, 18 June 2025 With a fairly small amount of surface area, the drink keeps its carbonation longer than wide-mouthed glasses. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 June 2025 The main thing to avoid is a wide-mouthed glass, which lets aromas escape too quickly. Emily Price, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 Pour the can of coconut milk into the pitcher of a blender (or into a wide-mouthed jar for an immersion blender). Vicky Hallett, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025 Couch encourages shoppers to look for a wide-mouthed glass to provide a thorough and delicious tasting experience. Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2024 Find a wide-mouthed vase and cut floral foam to fit the vase before soaking it. Emma Phelps, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2023 Millennials will remember the ubiquity of wide-mouthed Nalgene bottles. Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024 Turn out the rice mixture into a large wide-mouthed microwave-safe mug or soup bowl; for smaller servings, divide it between two microwave-safe mugs. Nancy Baggett, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widemouthed
Adjective
  • My baby will kiss my cheek, slobbery and open-mouthed—a gift marked by a thousand tiny miracles.
    Jessica Slice, Time, 9 May 2025
  • As Samuel sashays toward the camera, the Old English KES text on his upper right arm and a gigantic open-mouthed snake on his left come into frame.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • There were also problems connecting to the internet and to phone networks, leaving many bewildered and unable to obtain information.
    Catherine Porter, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Tornado is a bewildered Japanese girl (played by pop singer Kôki) who fights off a horde of white men, thieving gold vagabonds who represent both Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Celtic ancestry.
    Armond White, National Review, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • In his latest, Minervini brings viewers into the thick of the Civil War, only to find the same dazed souls and gnawing uncertainties that have always been his focus.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • The internet, like a dazed prize fighter, wobbles on its last legs before going down.
    Jake Coyle, Twin Cities, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Your bold decision to target Iran's nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 June 2025
  • The whole thing is sprawling, wild, fun, overwhelming, and awesome.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Indiana State Police Troopers Amanda Parker and Jaylen Holt-Terry took their plates and sat off to the side Tuesday afternoon, awed by the history in the room.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
  • The magazine saw itself as literary but not self-serious; if the stereotypical National Geographic story was a walk through the jungle recounted in hushed, awed tones, its Outside equivalent was a little dustier, wilder, and less reverent.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • A couple of my anxious students turned to me wide-eyed.
    Sally Ventura June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • Jaws is my favorite film, encompassing my feelings as a young wide-eyed child seeing it for the first time at a drive-in (talk about larger than life, especially for a small kid) and then rewatching it endlessly on TV and VHS until the tapes wore out.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025

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“Widemouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widemouthed. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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