cheek by jowl
Example Sentences
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Staff and residents sat cheek by jowl chatting to each other.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025
Ruoff’s team has already used it to make diamond films composed of thousands of tiny crystals packed cheek by jowl.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024
Fans pack in cheek by jowl well before the first pitch and long after the final out.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022
He was also in a perpetual state of disgust: The orders coming down, as officers worked cheek by jowl with thousands of National Guard members on the premises, seemed chaotic.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022
Here were no gold-plated buildings or great cathedrals, only shabby rows of houses, cheek by jowl.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
