chin
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Artwork by his son Naviyd is featured on the walls, while an enlarged drawing of a tattoo that Usher has on his chin has been turned into a decorative ceiling mural.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
She conjures a bewitching onscreen presence that many of her contemporaries could only dream of, pulling the viewer’s gaze with a single glare from her steely eyes or the quiver of her chin.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Kitten Seer hopped onto my chest, stretching her little black fluffy limbs while I scratched her chin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
He continued to receive treatments back in South Korea, including tooth implants and having skin moved from the back of his neck to his chin to enable him to close his lips and talk properly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
I try to fold over myself, kicking the stick shift and somehow managing both to knee myself in the chin and whack my foot against Dara’s arm.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The fishermen waded through the water, which reached to their chins in parts, and dragged their nets along the bottom.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Hope, hard work and American ingenuity kept chins high and eyes shining as the ceremonial Parade of Ships set sail across the Delaware River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
That might be giving too much credit to one player’s influence after nearly 50 years of clean chins, but come opening day, the smart money will be on Williams wearing a beard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
Chinstrap penguins get their name from the thin black line under their chins, which looks like a strap holding on a black hat or helmet.
From NewsForKids.net ● Dec. 12, 2023
The juices ran down their chins as they took huge bites of the warm fruit.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
"Taking interim fights, you can get chinned by anyone."
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
On a recent afternoon he chinned himself from a high bar and did an assortment of lifts with 30-pound weights on cables.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2016
Double chinned faces are usually categorized under the round and wide face.
From Forbes ● Sep. 28, 2014
His last ride, he got chinned on the line.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2010
Harry took a running jump, caught a limb, and chinned himself.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Outside is a chinning bar dating to Tolstoy’s day.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2016
After chinning itself intellectually on King Lear, an audience is presumed to be so exhausted that it can only cope with the slack-jawed humors of Comedy of Errors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jobs as a mechanic in Vermont and Detroit and a brief love affair with his ex-secretary in Washington soon had him chinning himself on his own self-confidence.
From Time Magazine Archive
A lean, athletic man, he works out on a chinning bar and punching bag in his apartment, finds that his control is always best after a summer of swimming.
From Time Magazine Archive
I remember chinning myself on the top of a fence to see one such comedy show filled with gallows humor.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
