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
“You saw scenes of people literally cheek by jowl, no distancing, nothing,” he said.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2021
Along the span were shops and stalls of every sort; weavers and lacemakers displayed their wares cheek by jowl with glassblowers, candle- makers, and fishwives selling eels and oysters.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
