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Recent Examples of widemouthed
With a fairly small amount of surface area, the drink keeps its carbonation longer than wide-mouthed glasses.
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2026
Check out the wide-mouthed scream unleashed by the Lakers’ Luke Kennard midway through the fourth quarter.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The wide-mouthed container is designed for easy application, plus this butter soothes and moisturizes other dry skin areas like lips, cuticles, and feet.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
Gently add gravel to a shallow, clear dish or wide-mouthed canning jar.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2026
Check out the wide-mouthed scream unleashed by the Lakers’ Luke Kennard midway through the fourth quarter.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The wide-mouthed container is designed for easy application, plus this butter soothes and moisturizes other dry skin areas like lips, cuticles, and feet.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
Gently add gravel to a shallow, clear dish or wide-mouthed canning jar.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widemouthed
Adjective
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At the risk of sounding less like a columnist and more like a bewildered bystander … what the heck happened?—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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Urged by a call from Hugo to destroy her phone and flee Kansas City fast, before WARDEX can get to her, Margaret also hits the road, accompanied initially by a bewildered Jackson.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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Humans of all ages, in fact, stare dazed into glowing screens.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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Rapkin, truth be told, looked a little dazed.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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There are scenic chairlift rides, an auto toll road to the top of Vermont’s highest peak, a fantastic recreation trail, hiking right out the door, and an awesome town with every activity imaginable, all kinds of great food and eclectic shopping.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Hannes Steinbach, big, 6-10, Washington Steinbach is an elite rebounder with awesome hands and led the Big Ten in both defensive rebound rate and total rebound rate as a freshman.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Adjective
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Williams and Mboko were solid, and at times spectacular, during a 7-6(2), 6-2 win over Routliffe and Melichar-Martinez, who seemed a little over-awed by the situation in front of them.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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All the more reason for this eternally wide-eyed extra-terrestrial empath to take it.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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Since breaking out as a wide-eyed teenager on the CBS daytime soap Guiding Light and the NBC period family drama American Dreams over two decades ago, Snow has made a career out of playing women whose beauty belies the storm of emotions brewing beneath the surface.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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All around her, open-mouthed viewers turned to face the Artist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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Played by a Colman Domingo who is done up to look the most wax figurine of them all in a shellacking of makeup, prosthetics, and colored contacts, Joe is always either giving an avaricious open-mouthed leer or a cold-eyed glare.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Cape Verde secured its draw despite being overwhelmed at times by Spain’s attacking play.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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Assuming Emergency Services Are Available People often mistakenly assume that 911 will be readily available and not overwhelmed during a major event.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
Adjective
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Delegates from the smaller states in particular were aghast at this latter proposal.—
Jesse Wegman,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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Anna, her hauteur hardening like a protective shell, is aghast.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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“Widemouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widemouthed. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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