lip-read
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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It’s there when everybody coos at Han’s white cat making a surprise appearance — and even in how quickly they offer to lip-read and interpret Gladstone’s comments while she’s sorting out her mute button.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
She doesn't understand why he can't simply lip-read everything: "It always seems like people can lip-read more in the movies."
From Salon • Aug. 3, 2022
As a child, I learned to lip-read, to parse words from lip movements and shreds of residual hearing.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021
For those whose preferred language is BSL, it's easy to sign or lip-read to each other via video services on the internet.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2014
“I’m sorry,” he says, so quietly that I more lip-read it than hear it.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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