cheek

Example Sentences

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Daphne and Eddie magnanimously turn the other cheek and then go back to lavishing one another with murmured compliments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Her face remained impassive even as tears formed and began to travel down her cheek.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

A cheek has never been turned more obviously, publicly or sincerely.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

A fragment from a much larger painting, it shows a severe Mary with the small hand of the Christ Child tenderly grazing her cheek.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

“You saved the hen,” I said, and ran my hand along her reddened cheek.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff