nose

Example Sentences

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Guthrie smiles as one of her young daughters places the flowers near her nose, an invitation to smell the fragrant blossoms.

From Los Angeles Times

The guy with the nose ring who decides goats, chickens, pigs and other livestock belong in his grandmother’s yard in suburban Indiana, to the despair of the genteel retirees across the street.

From The Wall Street Journal

I wrinkle my nose at a mangy dog trotting down the street.

From Literature

And Sheba was huge, her nose long and pointed, her hair greasy gray tails swinging like thick ropes around her grinning face, her eyes red and piercing.

From Literature

The 34-year-old all-rounder posted a picture on Instagram last week showing his eye heavily swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nose.

From Barron's