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How to use pursed in a sentence

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Once pursed, the entire seine then had to be hauled ashore by teams of men and horses.
I froze, my lips pursed above my drink, the mug tipped at a dangerously acute angle, not really believing what I was seeing.
Golota kept his lips pursed together like a baby refusing its rattle, the mouthpiece stayed out and the fight was over.
She slid under and looked at him winsomely, up through the water, lips pursed and cheeks blown full.
Ben knitted his eyebrows and pursed his lips, clearly revealing his concern.
I pursed my lips and thought as I seated myself on a stool by the breakfast bar.
A little boy is pictured with his hands raised high, eyes looking off camera, lips pursed pensively to show off his adorable chubby cheeks.
I pursed my lips together, willing myself not to babble on uselessly about what he'd been doing wrong.
The small pursed mouth was gracefully opened to shape surpassingly sweet words.
The nurse scanned through the information on her computer and pursed her lips as she read the list of patients.
Her lips were pursed and faint wrinkle lines could be made out around her eyes.
If someone has their arms crossed and their lips are pursed disapprovingly, it's a fairly safe bet they are on the defensive.
Her black-glossed lips were pursed into a pout as she pointed her pen to an empty page in front of her.
His aides, through pursed lips, maintained that the substance of the dossier remained valuable.
Sean's lips pursed and his hands tightened as he struggled to contain his composure.
Devon's jaw dropped slightly and then quickly pursed them together, forming a grim line.
There was a picture of him throwing the ball, his arm slung back and his lips slightly pursed.
Garner looks terribly serious, her plump lips pursed into a parody of determination.
Beetling brow, well defined nose, thin pursed lips and long ear lobes characterize the face.
To their credit, they told me what had happened when, with beetling eyebrows and pursed lips, I enquired.
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Examples from Classical Literature
He spread his hands again and pursed his lips in a sort of grieved contempt.
She pursed her dewberry mouth in the most comical way, and her blue eyes lightened laughter out of the half-closed lids.
Their eye-brows seemed pursed up and contracted, the pupils were of a light rose-colour, the irides of a very pale cast of blue.
Manning had picked up a sheaf of typescript from the table next to him and was flipping through it, his lips pursed grimly.
David smiled back at her, and then, with a sudden recollection, pursed his lips.
His wide, thin lips were pursed in Sybaritic enjoyment of his cigar.
Thereupon the Lorilleuxs pursed their lips and exchanged covert glances.
Yet Ryan Giggs's woeful first-half performance suggested that old Father Time is on his shoulder, whistle in gob, lips pursed.
She gave it up to him, passively, but when he offered her his arm, merely shook her head and pursed up her lips.
Branwen pursed her lips into the form of an O and opened her eyes wide.
The cherub pursed his fat round lips in a soft whistle of enlightenment.
Natalenko re-read the addendum, pursed his thick lips and sighed.
Mrs Gamp shook her head mysteriously, and pursed up her lips.
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