chin

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Not long after, Gray, in a plaid mini, is also posing at the photographers’ request, switching effortlessly between signature Gen Z stances, chin resting atop a bent hand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

The fighter, who was working in recruitment a decade ago, showed extraordinary chin and heart.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Between “Beef” and a few other TV shows and movies, the marriage industrial complex is really taking it on the chin this spring.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

He is described as a man who had “poked his chin up sideways, carrying his nose with that aforesaid appearance of ‘sniff,’ as though despising an egg which he knew he could not digest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The juice sloshed all down his chin and onto the front of his white shirt.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott