Open Mouthed

At the end of it all, I realised I had never truly understood the expression open-mouthed until then. ❋ Mark Steel (2009)

The only missing Fordian set piece is his famous leap from an explosion with one hand in front of his face and his familiar open-mouthed rictus. ❋ Michael Jones (2011)

I demurred, but when the dish quickly emerged from the open kitchen we sat in open-mouthed wonder at what they had wrought. ❋ Jay Weston (2011)

But what's been evident for two years now, from blanket denials of wider wrong-doing before Commons committees to the open-mouthed stupefaction as stones have finally been turned over, is that the effect has been flat-on-your-back. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Not to be forgotten are the munchers, the crunchers, the open-mouthed, finger-licking lip-smackers. ❋ Sue Shellenbarger (2011)

Mary McAleese, the Irish president, who was sitting beside the Queen, turned to others at the table open-mouthed, exclaiming "wow". ❋ Unknown (2011)

She timidly makes her way down the stairs, and the guy at the bottom stares up, open-mouthed, seeing her as though for the very first time. ❋ Kate Fridkis (2011)

Startled, we both stood open-mouthed in the road, unsure of what to say. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Another highlight will be a royal 19th-century statue of an open-mouthed lion, with big teeth, made of silver, gold and brass that comes from the Fon people of Benin estimate: €200,000-€300,000. ❋ Margaret Studer (2011)

Some of the finest journalists in the country – Ian Jack, Don Berry, Claire Tomalin, David Blundy – sat open-mouthed with the shock. ❋ Unknown (2011)

So that, when he leaped, open-mouthed, for the bite, Del Mar's right hand shot out, gripped his under-jaw as he was in the air, and flipped him over in a somersaulting fall to the floor on his back. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In last week's first Test in Dubai, Ian Bell fell for a golden duck to a perfect doosra and was left staring open-mouthed at the spot where the ball had pitched. ❋ Jonathan Clegg (2012)

Others were just watching on from their homes open-mouthed in horror. ❋ Unknown (2011)

All the Marilyns were based on a single, cropped, open-mouthed, glossily-lipsticked ad vivum publicity photograph, but straight away Andy began the process of boiling down the image still further. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once again he leapt open-mouthed to the attack, and was filliped to the floor so hard that almost the last particle of breath was knocked out of him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This leaves even a fan like me slightly open-mouthed with respect. ❋ Larry Miller (2010)

Instantly, from an open-mouthed, fang-bristling dog in full career of attack, he melted into a bundle of softness and silkiness, that trotted to the open hand and kissed it with a tongue that flashed out between white gleaming teeth like a rose-red jewel. ❋ Unknown (2010)