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Meanings of own lips in English

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Usage of own lips in English
1
But I am in search of the truth from her own lips.
The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love
2
I learned from his own lips the story of the Brooklyn girl.
The Gold Bag
3
His own lips quivered above her bowed head; he bit them desperately.
The Rocks of Valpré
4
But I should like to hear the story from your own lips.
The House of the Whispering Pines
5
She violently scrubbed her own lips with the back of her hand.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
6
And I cannot bear to hear it fall from my own lips.
Kept in the Dark
7
Of course, we want to hear the story from her own lips.
Adventures in the Land of Canaan
8
At the touch of his warm young lips, her own lips whitened.
The Hermit of Far End
9
And the new one, learned this afternoon from Jake Freivald's own lips:
Repo men
10
All she knew of him she had learned from his own lips.
A Mummer's Wife
11
I must see himself, and hear his defence from his own lips.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
12
He knew that Dicky loved Juliet, knew it from his own lips.
The Obstacle Race
13
He could not even deliver his final protest with his own lips.
A History of the United States
14
You shall hear what she has to say from her own lips.
The Mischief-Maker
15
Yet she would be glad to hear them from my own lips.
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
16
She had told him she loved him, and with her own lips.
The Tides of Barnegat
This collocation consists of:
Own lips through the time
Own lips across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common