cheek by jowl
Example Sentences
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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
A shocking image of hundreds of people waiting in line, practically cheek by jowl, along the snow-covered route in 2019 raised serious questions about safety.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2022
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
“You saw scenes of people literally cheek by jowl, no distancing, nothing,” he said.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2021
La Salle passed through the area where De Soto had found cities cheek by jowl.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
