"I cannot answer that question," she said through tight lips.

He resolved to say nothing further, as his tight lips indicated.

After a bit he contained himself and said through tight lips, "What is your name?"

After a bit he contained himself and said through tight lips.

But then we realized the immediate source of his tight lips.

The other ways were frowned upon with tight lips and closed eyes.

"I thought Karen was ten" were the only words to come through my tight lips.

I left them nodding at one another with tight lips and meaning eyes.

"His feet are too small to fill my shoes," the President said through tight lips.

He brought a cigarette from behind the door and put it slowly between tight brown lips.