neck
Example Sentences
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She sits with the case in her lap, hugging the neck of it to her chest.
From Literature
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Sauropods were long necked, long tailed plant eaters that grew into the largest animals ever to walk on land, yet their earliest life stages were small, exposed, and highly vulnerable.
From Science Daily
He had already lost his lower jaw and wore his scarf tightly wound around his neck as though to prop up his smile.
From Los Angeles Times
City resident Lisa Keller stood with her two friends, one wearing a sign around his neck that said “Another peaceful protester.”
From Los Angeles Times
The crows brought him silver buttons and paper clips, and coins which he dug holes in and strung onto a shoelace and wore round his neck.
From Literature
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