I know it,' Jonesy said, speaking through lips that felt oddly numb.

Honcho, without moving his head, spoke through thin lips.

The boy spoke through unmoving lips, pale as de- parted Julian's.

He turned his head and spoke through cracked lips.

I snarled, speaking as best I could through tightly pressed lips.

It felt cool on his cheek as the caterpillar spoke in a naggingly familiar voice through mechanical lips.

The same words might have been spoken through tight lips by the old Taheb.

He did not try to open his swollen jaw, but spoke through fat and broken lips.

Finally, she spoke through pale lips, but her mouth remained drawn.

His face was colorless and he spoke through stiff lips.