bosom

Example Sentences

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Mr. Owen turned a page, and there was a portrait of Tansy, and in one arm Little Britches with her face turned to Tansy’s bosom.

From Literature

Her ashen hair sits in a quivering pile atop her head and her spectacles, if not teetering on the end of her sniffer, hang from a sterling chain to rest upon her ample bosom.

From Literature

“My heavens!” she whispered, clasping her hands to her bosom.

From Literature

Events stretch on, the rain long forgotten, the music and laughter our bosom companions.

From Salon

As much as anything else, it was Updike’s willingness to take America to his bosom—what he found lacking in Lewis—that guarantees his permanent place in this country’s literature.

From The Wall Street Journal