-When he walked into the room, he was ____ a card.
What should I fill in to mean the man has put the card horizontal between his two lips, without any teeth making contact with the card? What verb would fit?
Thank you.
Top answer
When he walked into the room, he was holding a card in his lips.
— Mister Micawber
When he walked into the room, he was holding a card in his lips.
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