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
Fans pack in cheek by jowl well before the first pitch and long after the final out.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2022
The voices of 36 choristers mix with the organ, a trumpet, a baritone horn, a violin, cymbals and the thundering timpani, as 400 congregants, packed cheek by jowl, join in.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2020
I'd be in the big state hospital in the country, cheek by jowl to this private place.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
