chin
Example Sentences
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He is described as a man who had “poked his chin up sideways, carrying his nose with that aforesaid appearance of ‘sniff,’ as though despising an egg which he knew he could not digest.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
This time around, Kagan and Sotomayor may have sought to mitigate the damage rather than take a loss on the chin.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
He has never lost as an amateur nor a professional and his chin has rarely - if ever - been tested.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
In early scenes, he has a small curved line denoting a chubby chin, which changes over time to straight lines on each cheek, narrowing his face when he is old and infirm.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
A strange sensation came over him: the tickle of whiskers, like someone had just nuzzled up beneath his chin.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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