Her mouth tried to form a denial, but she had no strength for it.

Kendall's mouth tried to form words, but the man seemed utterly incapable of them.

I stared at him for a few seconds, mouth opened, then closed it, and tried to think what to say.

Her mouth tried to shape the word and could not.

He could not speak to them, though his mouth tried to.

I felt my mouth try to twist into a smile.

Susan's mouth tried to form words but no sounds issued from her larynx.

Acacia watched him go, her mouth hanging open, jaw working as if trying to find something, anything to say.

His mind and mouth were trying to give me a way out, although his body didn't want to.

Kitto fought me, his mouth trying to hold on to my finger.