cheek by jowl
Example Sentences
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The small concrete homes here sit cheek by jowl, hugging both sides of lanes sometimes so narrow that only one person can pass at a time.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Ruoff’s team has already used it to make diamond films composed of thousands of tiny crystals packed cheek by jowl.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024
And instead of being crammed cheek by jowl in the press section, reporters, along with the justices’ law clerks, are spaced throughout the otherwise-empty chamber.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
More than 22,000 people have tested positive inside jails, where inmates living cheek by jowl have been encouraged to keep wearing their masks even while they sleep.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2021
La Salle passed through the area where De Soto had found cities cheek by jowl.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
