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  1. white-lipped love

Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Having white lips; having a white lip or aperture, as a shell.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. having white lips from fear or terror

Examples

  • “Grabbed her by the arm, ignoring her cry of pain and white-lipped grimace.”

    Simon & Schuster: Earl of Durkness

  • “The illusions of love are a strength, and the ways of love are divine; through them we come to that feeling of completion which is compatibility and which is as ineffable as the white-lipped promise of waves heard by those who have also listened to weeping.”

    The Kempton-Wace Letters

  • “Occasionally we would catch sight of shimmering herds of gowa, the shy Tibetan gazelle, of wa, the white-lipped deer, or of tso, our majestic antelope.”

    The Natural World

  • “After an initial period of denial, he or she will -- accompanied by a white-lipped spouse -- tearfully admit the indiscretions on national TV, then enter a rehab program for alcohol, drug, or sex addiction.”

    The Huffington Post: Robert Brenner: The Other Black Swan

  • “They are home to rare wild animals such as the black-necked crane, huge-horned argali sheep, wild yak, white-lipped deer, gazelle, snow leopards, and, of course, the chiru.”

    Simon & Schuster: When a Billion Chinese Jump

  • ““The day that I should accept my life from the Council!” she commented, white-lipped, to no one in particular.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Night Of the Solstice

  • “Notable endemic species are those of the toad genus Oreophrynella, the Tepuihyla genus of white-lipped frogs, and the small lizard of the genus Riolama among others (Gorzula & Señaris 1998, Huber & Febres 2000; Sears, 2001b).”

    Canaima National Park, Venezuela

  • “Slim's burn was horribly deep, a crinkled, white-lipped groove across his middle.”

    "High-Frequency War" by Harl Vincent, part 3

  • “This reserve offers refuge to game species that have been over-hunted in other areas such as tapirs, spider monkeys, jaguars, capybaras, white-lipped peccaries, monkeys, caimans and river turtles.”

    Southwest Amazon moist forests

  • “Alpine shrublands and meadows are favored habitat for white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris), Tibetan wild ass (Equus kiang), Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata), and blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur).”

    Tibetan Plateau alpine shrub and meadows

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