nipple
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Tegan then checked Honey's tummy and noticed one nipple was "really hard" and she was "quite sensitive" when her owner touched her.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
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
Given that many mammal species have litters, many nipples were required to nurse rapidly growing beasts in a world still full of strange, often immense reptiles.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2024
Mazakpwe cited a range of lactation issues mothers can face, from sore nipples to babies born too sick or too weak to suckle and stimulate milk production.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
Joker has always been more fun to watch than a flying bat with rubber nipples anyway.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024
"Since then I've been through two reconstructions which have been really difficult. I was left with no nipples and I thought 'OK. That's fine. I still look normal'," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2023
“I need to be with Tommen. These Kingsguard knights are as useless as nipples on a breastplate.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
