under one's nose
Example Sentences
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They would lope across the floor under one's nose, or dangle their tails from the beams overhead, and I slept with a big stick handy.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
As I see it, at all events, it's a strange little evolution and all taking place here, quite compactly, under one's nose.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
Mildred could not resist—and who can when seated at table with the dish before one's eyes and under one's nose.
From The Price She Paid by Phillips, David Graham
As if one hasn't got puzzles enough, and bothers enough, under one's nose, without going a-field after a lot of metaphysical quibbles.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
But still, you see, one's often blind to many a thing that lies right under one's nose, till it's pointed out.
From Mary Barton by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
