cheek by jowl

adverb

Examples of cheek by jowl in a Sentence

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There are cogent points about white supremacy and environmental destruction cheek by jowl with tangents on R. Kelly, ChatGPT, and the hair-root plexus. David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025 On a single wall of Florence’s Great Council Chamber, inside what is now the Palazzo Vecchio, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were set to work cheek by jowl, both painting battle scenes nearly 60 feet wide. Harry Seymour, airmail.news, 2 Nov. 2024 In the slums that crowd Kinshasa, the poor live cheek by jowl in cardboard huts near streams clogged with garbage that cut through mountains made of the stuff. Stuart A. Reid, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017 Located in the achingly hip Shoreditch in inner east London, where the city’s financial powerhouses sit cheek by jowl with trendy restaurants, brands and hotels, Boxpark opened at Bishopsgate Goodsyard back in 2011 as a pop-up mall on a five-year lease. Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cheek by jowl

Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cheek by jowl was in 1577

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“Cheek by jowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheek%20by%20jowl. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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