How to Use cleft lip in a Sentence

cleft lip

noun

• Then a man who has a 2-year-old with a cleft lip walked into the shelter.
  — Sydney Page Washington Post, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• Jase and his wife Missy have opened up about their daughter's cleft lip and palate in the past.
  — Courtney Campbell, Country Living, 6 Sep. 2017
• The patient was an infant just a few months old, who had been born with a cleft lip.
  — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, 9 July 2018
• Rod's 2-year-old daughter, Emma, was born with a cleft lip and palate.
  — Freep.com, 29 Mar. 2020
• The station said that Smith said he was often bullied at school because of his cleft lip.
  — John Hanna, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
• While his cleft lip and palate have been corrected with surgery, Madden still bears a scar from the procedure.
  — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2018
• Mobile Christian’s senior pitcher was born with a cleft lip and palate.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 5 Apr. 2020
• The virtual event, which benefits the non-profit Smile Train, aims to raise funds and awareness for children born with a cleft lip or palate.
  — Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
• Researchers digitized the faces of three medieval people: a bishop, a young woman, and a cleric with a cleft lip and palate.
  — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2022
• The post contained a picture of a cat, waiting to be adopted from a Minnesota animal shelter, that had a cleft lip.
  — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2018
• Alexander Yefimovich waited for the call from the surgeon and was informed that all was well—the baby girl was without defects, or at least without a cleft lip.
  — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• Zulema Gillett, 21, of Temecula has Goldenhar syndrome, which caused her to be born with a cleft lip, a misaligned jaw and only one ear.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2020
• Santa Cristina went north in hopes of earning enough money to pay for an operation for a relative born with a cleft lip.
  — Santiago Billy, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
• Currence, a 5-foot-8-inch senior guard on the Northeastern women’s basketball team, has undergone more than a dozen surgeries for the cleft lip and palate.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• He was born with a rare genetic disorder that affected the development of his legs and feet and resulted in a cleft lip and palate.
  — Allison Torres Burtka, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2022
• Callie is a nine-year old Domestic Short Hair Calico with a unique facial expression due to her cleft lip.
  — Susan Green, OregonLive.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• One in 700 babies are born with either (or both) a cleft lip and cleft palate, which occurs when the lip or mouth doesn’t properly fuse during early pregnancy.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2021
• Caregivers believed he was left there because the child had a cleft lip and there was stigma associated with the condition.
  — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• After a week of campaigning for Williams to apologize, Bighill, who has a son born with a cleft lip, received an apology from the talk show host via Twitter on Wednesday.
  — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• The 7-year-old Oklahoma boy was born with bilateral cleft lip and palate, and an eye condition known as heterochromia iridum.
  — Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Abby, 6, has undergone several surgeries to correct her cleft lip and palate.
  — Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• Results here suggested a link between the two antibiotics and several birth defects, such as anopthamalia (the absence of one or both eyes), a condition that affects blood flow through the heart, and cleft lip with cleft palate.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 18 Jan. 2018
• Three years old at the time of her Wampanoag naming ceremony, Currence recognized the feather in a tribal elder’s hand from speech therapy sessions for her cleft lip and palate.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• Christian Buchanan, six, was born with a condition called Tessier cleft lip and palate - so rare there are only thought to be 60 cases documented in medical history.
  — Lizzie Parry, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2018
• The largest cleft lip and palate organization in the world, Smile Train, is attempting to level the playing field for doctors in low-resource areas through a partnership with Biodigital, Inc.
  — Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023
• In a passionate court filing interspersed with photos of Smith's life, his attorney recounted the near-daily barrage of bullying endured by a client who was born with the fiery red hair and a cleft lip and palate.
  — Roxana Hegeman, Star Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020
• While making the statement on her show, Williams pulled up her lip, mimicking a cleft lip, which angered many viewers, including Canadian football player Adam Bighill.
  — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• Plus, proceeds from the circus benefit the Shriners Hospitals for Children, which provide care for orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, as well as cleft lips and palates.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• Children with cleft lips and palates were receiving free surgeries and after-care support, as were children who needed shelter, food, clothing and other medical care.
  — Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
• Yet, past studies have linked fevers to a variety of birth defects, including cleft lip or cleft palate, certain types of heart defects, and neural tube defects commonly called spina bifida.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 10 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024