narrow-mouthed love

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  • adjective having a narrow mouth

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Examples

  • I learned the advantage of the narrow-mouthed caves.

    CHAPTER VI 2010

  • We were badly frightened, for here was no narrow-mouthed cave for refuge.

    CHAPTER XI 2010

  • Thanks to Robert Allgeyer, whose definitive paper on the topic can be found online, I can offer you sage scientific advice regarding the best way to get ketchup from a traditional glass narrow-mouthed bottle.

    Robot receptionists ewillett 2007

  • The problem with the narrow-mouthed glass bottle is that, in order for ketchup to flow out of it, air must flow in.

    Robot receptionists ewillett 2007

  • She found him three houses down the street, leaning against the wall at the entrance of a narrow-mouthed alley between two adjacent houses.

    A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007

  • When they came out of their narrow-mouthed harbors, the Greeks rowed first in single file and then deployed in line abreast.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • When they came out of their narrow-mouthed harbors, the Greeks rowed first in single file and then deployed in line abreast.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Liquor bottles were usually narrow-mouthed, and their color, shape, and size depended on the way in which they were manufactured and packaged.

    HELIX Program « Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison 2002

  • He sipped something from a tall, narrow-mouthed vessel.

    Glory Lane Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

  • Use narrow-mouthed beakers, jars or bottles whenever possible.

    Chapter 5 1969

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