cheek

Example Sentences

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Olympics and beyond will be determined by a one-time genetics test through saliva, a cheek swab or a blood sample.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Screening may be done non-invasively, via saliva or a cheek swab, and women who get a negative result are cleared to compete for the rest of their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Based on moderate wear on its cheek teeth, the individual likely died in early to middle adulthood.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

However, he did not report the kiss and accepted to the tribunal that there had been kisses on the cheek on occasion.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Shifting the jawbreaker from one cheek to the other, I leaned back and said, “Grandpa, you were going to tell me how we’re going to catch those monkeys.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls