jowl
Example Sentences
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Juxtapositions between high and low, between the virtuous and the criminal, and these things existed cheek by jowl.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 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
A recent selection — cheeks, jowl, chin, snout, tongue, spare rib, kidney — read like an anatomy chart.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023
Right now guanciale, a cured pork jowl traditionally used to make spaghetti alla carbonara, is flying off the shelves, as is an Italian orange soda called Chinotto.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021
No one is tempted to make that error, because like and conveniently are cheek by jowl, which makes the clash obvious.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
