neck

Example Sentences

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This isn’t merely a pain in the neck for Mr. Mandelson.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Young Lion” only measures about 4.5 inches tall, but Rembrandt used black chalk and white gouache to render it in minute detail, down to the animal’s eyelashes and the chain around his neck.

From The Wall Street Journal

It took an egg in its mouth, and as it swallowed, the skin of its neck stretched out, making it seem double its size.

From Literature

He's a 16-year veteran of the war on drugs, standing ram rod straight, with a handgun in a holster around his neck - and with no illusions.

From BBC

Jesy says she's been told the girls will probably never walk or "regain their neck strength".

From BBC