Wondering how to use Mouthful in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as taste.
Mouthful meaning
- The amount that will fit in a mouth.
- Quite a bit.
- Something difficult to pronounce or say.
Synonyms of Mouthful
Using Mouthful
- The main meaning on this page is: The amount that will fit in a mouth. | Quite a bit. | Something difficult to pronounce or say.
- Useful related words include: containerful, taste, small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount.
- In the example corpus, mouthful often appears in combinations such as: mouthful of, each mouthful, with mouthful.
Context around Mouthful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mouthful
- In this selection, "mouthful" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, textured, final, first, admittedly and bearing stand out and add context to how "mouthful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and textured mouthful that includes and ate another mouthful but i. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mouthful" sits close to words such as aerobics, ahn and ailes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mouthful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Defining what the lotteries call jackpots is a mouthful. (9 words)
I saw Nwabali giving him a mouthful before Paseiro yanked him off. (12 words)
Spoken through yet another mouthful of groceries, which were clearly labeled as such. (13 words)
If you were to hop on a time machine and transport all the way back to a land filled with dinosaurs then Cassidy has got the perfect survival tips for you, well more specifically how to not be demolished in one mouthful by a rampaging T-Rex. (47 words)
She now depends on her husband Mark, 34, to carry her to the bathroom so she can empty her bladder, which can take up to four hours, and has not been able to enjoy a mouthful of food for nearly a year. (42 words)
Annoyingly, my wife’s appetite seemed to return after she took one mouthful of the gooey decadent fondant and it was then a race to the bottom of the pudding dish as we were both armed with spoons. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
A crisp and textured mouthful that includes a mid-palate of dark fruit, mocha, cola and silky tannins, with a hearty cherry and treacle finish.
But I always carefully construct my final mouthful by mopping up the last of a yummy sauce, leaving a little bit of each ingredient for one more forkful or passing my pizza crust to my husband.
Despite only being nine letters long, the name Sheffield feels like a bit of a mouthful.
Hoorah for Eilish, who valiantly pushed through a mouthful of fur and a squeaking guinea pig.
I had previously asserted I was so full I would die if I ate another mouthful but I summoned up the strength to finish half a bowl.
Quite the mouthful, admittedly, but workable if you think of it as a 21st-century take on an 18th-century composer (Gluck) via a 19th-century composer (Berlioz).
She now depends on her husband Mark, 34, to carry her to the bathroom so she can empty her bladder, which can take up to four hours, and has not been able to enjoy a mouthful of food for nearly a year.
Spoken through yet another mouthful of groceries, which were clearly labeled as such.
The ecommerce giant has named the upcoming sale Prime Big Deal Days (we know, it’s a mouthful), and has only recently announced it will be launching the sale at midnight on Tuesday 10 October.
Annoyingly, my wife’s appetite seemed to return after she took one mouthful of the gooey decadent fondant and it was then a race to the bottom of the pudding dish as we were both armed with spoons.
Companion claims he isn’t a fan of either, but I could only watch him savour every mouthful.
Defining what the lotteries call jackpots is a mouthful.
If you were to hop on a time machine and transport all the way back to a land filled with dinosaurs then Cassidy has got the perfect survival tips for you, well more specifically how to not be demolished in one mouthful by a rampaging T-Rex.
I savoured every mouthful of this meal; it was flavoursome and aromatic and delicately spiced.
I saw Nwabali giving him a mouthful before Paseiro yanked him off.
It’s like a mouthful of summer — tangy salad cream, rich salty eggs, pillowy bread and a citrussy freshness that comes from the crunchy rocket.
I was skeptical of this mouthful of a podcast, which has no host and arguably no uniting theme among its episodes besides the fact that it's covering the stories of (mostly) non-famous women.
Nor, after her first mouthful, was she particularly keen to share her twice-baked blue cheese soufflé, I can honestly say I have rarely tasted something so exquisite.
Thankfully, this mouthful was eventually trimmed down to the more manageable name we know today.
The cuisine in St Lucia is a testament to its history, each mouthful bearing witness to its inhabitants over the centuries.
Common combinations with mouthful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- mouthful of 17×
- each mouthful 3×
- with mouthful 3×
- mouthful by 2×
- of mouthful 2×
- another mouthful 2×
- mouthful but 2×
- one mouthful 2×
- every mouthful 2×
- is mouthful 2×