nape
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Her long tresses are twisted in an easy crown, flowing from the crest of her forehead to the nape of her neck and signaling her noble status.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
Going forward, restorers plan to make fresh casts out of resin to replace the plaster patches that covered missing pieces, including on part of the nape of the neck and the pubis.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2023
Stroking the bird’s nape, Mr. al-Humaidi gently removed a GPS device — another safety net — and rearranged its feathers with care.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
A peruke was made of long hair, often with curls on the sides, and was sometimes drawn back on the nape of the neck.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021
He swiveled around on the rim of the sink and, craning over his shoulder, spotted two matching thumb marks on the nape of his neck.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
Their napes are festooned with triangular plumage as consistent as the teeth of a comb.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
Dr. Sano grafted skin on rats' chests or the napes of their necks, the areas that move the most.
From Time Magazine Archive
They parted it from their foreheads to the napes of their necks and then they parted it across from ear to ear.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
You talk of pride: O that you could turn your eyes toward the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves!
From Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
But the sight of their glittering napes awakened memories of that loved and admired man.
From The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey by Robert Shaler
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