nose

Example Sentences

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“I’m paying through the nose. Every day, I’m seeing another bill, and I’m about to keel over.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

“And, just like in 2020, the virus hasn’t yet grown to high levels in the nose. It really takes four, five, six days.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024

"If you can smell it, there's a chemical in the air that's getting up your nose. So all of that is air pollution, whether it smells good or bad," she says.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023

“Oh, yeah, last week she takes me out for a cup of coffee, starts to cry, snot running down her nose. All of a sudden she says, ‘I’m not gonna make it.’

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

“This one casts strange shadows across my nose. Most unattractive. Next, please.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood