nose

Example Sentences

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This organism can cause a rare but extremely deadly brain infection when contaminated water enters the nose, often during swimming or other recreational water activities.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

“The head got banged up a little bit,” Muncy said after the game, a cut on the brim of his nose still visible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Reading from nose to tail, these coves generate the fluid character lines along the doors that bend toward each other, per Bernoulli.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Most presidential check-up reports, though, contain details of mundane ailments: "Doctors removed a precancerous skin lesion from the tip of his nose", reads a New York Times report on Bill Clinton's annual checkup from 1996.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

One dog—named Lad—had his nose jammed squarely in my mouth, another was in my armpit.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen