cheeks

Example Sentences

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As she talks, she carefully dabs concealer under her eyes and adds some pink blush and highlighter to her cheeks.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

“My cheeks were on fire and my heart was pounding,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

If a serpent’s prey happens to have seeds in their cheeks, “they will disperse those seeds, acting as nature’s gardeners, pooping out the seeds in a little pile of fertilizer,” Taylor said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Briany, with her plump cheeks and full head of dark hair, wasn’t normally this fussy.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

And in it stands a tiny woman, narrow shoulders, sallow cheeks, an apron tied loosely around her waist.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse