slack-mouthed

I could make out a few expressions—Hortensius stricken, Lucullus uncomprehending, Catulus slack-mouthed with dismay.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

What he sees, when he comes to, is his father, “slack-mouthed, finger-clawing, stooped”—that is, visibly distraught—and David feels a “shrill, wild surge of triumph whip within him. . .” p.

Call It Sleep 2009

What he sees, when he comes to, is his father, “slack-mouthed, finger-clawing, stooped”—that is, visibly distraught—and David feels a “shrill, wild surge of triumph whip within him. . .” p.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

And with all that slack-mouthed goggling, I wonder how many of them will still go out and get you confused with another wheelchair user.

Hiya gawkers! Kay Olson 2008

Not that the slack-mouthed, blank stares of his audience show any evidence of thought anyway, of course.

The Lost World of Kent Hovind - The Panda's Thumb 2007

She had a gun in her hand, and it was pressed against the temple of a little girl whose expression was frozen into a slack-mouthed stare.

The 6th Target Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

I am reduced to a slack-mouthed, drooling imbecile incapable of focusing on anything.

idiot-milk Diary Entry idiot-milk 2006

The teacher had to call in a slouching, slack-mouthed boy from the audiovisual department; this made Wendy and several other girls squeal that they wanted to curl up and die.

The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001

Squatting in the doorway were a pair of slack-mouthed hopeless workmen.

A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

But he seemed to have taken charge, while everyone else on deck was staring slack-mouthed towards the east.

The Songs of Distant Earth Clarke, Arthur C. 1986