nape
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I felt a slight prickle at the nape of my neck, having lived my life in a manner that allowed ordering without performing a cost-benefit analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Boys' hair could not cover the nape of their necks, while girls with long hair had to tie it up.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
Her long tresses are twisted in an easy crown, flowing from the crest of her forehead to the nape of her neck and signaling her noble status.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
While the two bats hang upside down, the male climbs on the female’s back and grasps the nape of her neck.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
With one hand she smoothed her dark blond hair, which was arranged in an elegant chignon at the nape of her neck.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Their napes are festooned with triangular plumage as consistent as the teeth of a comb.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
Dr. Sano grafted skin on rats' chests or the napes of their necks, the areas that move the most.
From Time Magazine Archive
They parted it from their foreheads to the napes of their necks and then they parted it across from ear to ear.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
No, sirs; on to the nape of that snake's neck, if snakes may be said to have napes to their necks.
From The Way of the Wild by Harry Rountree
The soldiers, in their great-coats, huddled together as they waited for the boats, and shrugged their shoulders to keep the drops from trickling down the napes of their necks.
From The Blue Pavilions by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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