How to Use cheekbone in a Sentence

cheekbone

noun
  • She has high cheekbones, like her father.
  • He suffered a broken cheekbone.
  • 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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