How to Use cheekbone in a Sentence
cheekbone
noun- She has high cheekbones, like her father.
- He suffered a broken cheekbone.
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And the blush that comes up so high on the cheekbone up by the temple?
— Djuna Bel, Glamour, 28 June 2018 -
With a bruised eye and a hematoma on her cheekbone, their mom went to the ER.
— Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2022 -
On top of the cheekbones, highlighter gives you a face-lift.
— Debbie Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2018 -
The jawline was to be defined, the cheekbones high and sharp.
— National Geographic, 7 Jan. 2020 -
Her high cheekbones and long wavy hair framed a wide smile.
— Ben Krull, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2019 -
That includes brow bones, cheekbones, bow of lips, and the corner of the eyes near the tear ducts.
— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 July 2024 -
Roll the roller from the jaw to the cheekbone and repeat, avoiding moving the roller back and forth.
— Lauren Manaker, Health, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Then, brush it along your cheekbone and all the way up to your temple.
— Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 19 Dec. 2018 -
Draw it on straight from the bullet, down the nose, across cheekbones, and along the jawline.
— Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023 -
The changes to the cheekbones, jaws, ears and eyes can lead to other problems as well.
— Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 19 Sep. 2017 -
Among them: the top of your head, the spot between your eyebrows, the middle of the cheekbones, and the spot between the nose and the lip.
— Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 May 2024 -
Press it into the inner corner of the eyes, the upper-cheekbone area, and down the bridge of the nose.
— Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Aug. 2016 -
The gloved hand holds a spiky flail that dips below one cheekbone.
— Kara Nesvig, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023 -
Once Bud stepped in the ring, his face went cold and his cheekbones stiffened.
— Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023 -
Continue to draw these shapes around to the cheekbone in a C-shape.
— Jessica Teich, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017 -
The video took three months and was worth the wait: The world saw Morten Harket’s heroic cheekbones and swooned.
— Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2019 -
He was left with 40% vision in his left eye and a smashed cheekbone.
— Dallas News, 6 May 2022 -
Ask for thick curtain bangs that skim the cheekbones, shown here in this style by @styled_by_carolynn.
— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024 -
The opalescent white went on as my highlight, on my cheekbones and down the bridge of my nose.
— refinery29.com, 24 June 2018 -
Just swipe it atop the cheekbones, nose, forehead, and jaw then blend, blend, blend.
— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2023 -
Place the color on the center of your forehead, the top of the cheekbones, and lightly down the jawline.
— Victoria Rodriguez, Seventeen, 18 Apr. 2018 -
Just like highlighter on your cheekbones catches the light, the same goes for your eyes.
— Deanna Pai, Redbook, 26 May 2017 -
Just like highlighter on your cheekbones catches the light, the same goes for your eyes.
— Deanna Pai, Redbook, 26 May 2017 -
Turns out a pair of flip flops caused the not-so-severe damage to Brad's cheekbone.
— Samantha Lefave, Redbook, 27 Apr. 2015 -
Run the flat side of the board under one cheekbone, from the corner of your mouth toward your ear.
— Emily Rekstis, Allure, 14 Apr. 2022 -
Rather than sweeping shoulders or jaws, the cut sits right along the cheekbone.
— Elle Turner, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2023 -
Then, roll it from the center of the lips to the middle of each ear two times; your next steps are to smooth it along the cheekbones five times before rolling it over the brow bones.
— Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024 -
Swipe a sculpting stick down your cheekbones, at your hairline, underneath your lips, and on your collar bones.
— Julianne Carell, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2024
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