nose

Example Sentences

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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

After hours spent in the thick pollution-choking parts of northern Thailand, Pon Doikam gets home and blows her burning nose to find blood clots spattered across the tissue.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

From the nose down, Duong said, his whole body was fine.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

In the picture Corey Edwards, a former Conservative ministerial adviser, is seen with his right arm in the air and with a finger under his nose.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Regan said, wrinkling her nose in a way I used to think made her look like a bulldog.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin