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
Forget about socialites eating cheek by jowl with secretaries, bank heads alongside barbers.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2020
Here were no gold-plated buildings or great cathedrals, only shabby rows of houses, cheek by jowl.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
