pursed in English

verb
1
(with reference to the lips) pucker or contract, typically to express disapproval or irritation.
Marianne took a glance at her reflection and pursed her lips disgustedly
synonyms:press togethercompresstightenpuckerpout

Use "pursed" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "pursed" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "pursed", or refer to the context using the word "pursed" in the English Dictionary.

1. She pursed her lips with dislike.

2. She pursed her lips in disapproval.

3. She pursed her lips with disgust.

4. Stephen pursed his lips with distaste .

5. 1 She pursed her pretty lips and peaked her eyebrows.

6. His Accosters left eating his dust as they pursed him

7. “I’m a guest of the Headmistress.” “Hmmm.” Madam Byworde pursed her lips.

8. Now the furrowed brow, saggy cheeks and pursed lips have gone.

9. As with pursed lip Breathing, start by Breathing in through your nose

10. The camera lingered on his face as he pursed his lips and nodded emphatically.

11. Baelfire seemed to flinch at those words and pursed his lips briefly

12. His aunt pursed her lips in contempt, and said: "You great clumsy, country lout.

13. Their eyes are heavy - lidded and their lips are pursed in faintly discernible smiles.

14. But when I glance up[Sentencedict.com], he is pacing round his old armchair with his lips pursed.

15. Only the too-narrow lips, pursed in a determined, almost spiteful way, keep his face from being handsome.

16. There was a hint of mania at the corners of Defries's narrowed eyes, at the edges of her pursed mouth.

17. The Air kiss is a pretence of kissing: the lips are pursed as if kissing, but without actually touching the other person's body

18. Her somnolent black eyes and tenderly pursed pink lips intrude upon the eggshell delicacy of her face with the most delicate affection. Sentencedict.com

19. But at Gregor's first words the manager had already turned away, and now he looked back at Gregor over his twitching shoulders with pursed lips.

20. Boinked (The Bride) Lyrics: White dress and a sticky mess all over your conscience / Happy is your day today, but forever is your penance / Sweetness seeps from lipstick smiles, then "pursed

21. ‘Tears Bleared my vision as I took every agonizing step, one at a time, through first the winding maze of the gardens, and then the dark corridors, lit only by the faint glow of a torch.’ ‘She pursed her mouth, lipstick blearing like a squashed berry.’

22. ‘Tears Bleared my vision as I took every agonizing step, one at a time, through first the winding maze of the gardens, and then the dark corridors, lit only by the faint glow of a torch.’ ‘She pursed her mouth, lipstick blearing like a squashed berry.’