nose

Example Sentences

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She slides a basket of fries under Mom’s nose.

From Literature

I pocket his money and walk away from them, letting my nose lead me to the sugar shack while I rub furiously at the mocking smiles, try to make them and what they represent disappear.

From Literature

As he’d scavenged, Clare had reverted to walking on all fours, for at certain times, it made sense to keep his nose close to the ground.

From Literature

From the nose down, Duong said, his whole body was fine.

From Los Angeles Times

The directors take a visual essay approach, contrasting Walden Pond and its woods and the rivers Thoreau rowed with sped-up footage of our crazy modern world — which can be a little on the nose.

From Los Angeles Times