neck

Example Sentences

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He's a 16-year veteran of the war on drugs, standing ram rod straight, with a handgun in a holster around his neck - and with no illusions.

From BBC

Jesy says she's been told the girls will probably never walk or "regain their neck strength".

From BBC

She sits with the case in her lap, hugging the neck of it to her chest.

From Literature

Sauropods were long necked, long tailed plant eaters that grew into the largest animals ever to walk on land, yet their earliest life stages were small, exposed, and highly vulnerable.

From Science Daily

He had already lost his lower jaw and wore his scarf tightly wound around his neck as though to prop up his smile.

From Los Angeles Times