nipple

Example Sentences

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Only one, located at 9 o’clock and close to the nipple, slightly concerned Margolies, even though it hadn’t changed in size or shape.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“That’s it!” the nurse exclaimed, as another nurse hurried my newborn up to my nipple.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024

The newborn kitten quickly uses its nose to navigate toward the nearest nipple and get its first sip of nourishing colostrum and milk.

From National Geographic • Jan. 2, 2024

So the kittens in the case of Teasel are instinctively "rooting" - just like human babies or puppies - for a nipple to feed on.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

Lyra obligingly belched, and the woman promptly brought her down on the other side, and the child’s little mouth began to work open and shut even before she found the nipple.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman