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Examples of earlobe in a Sentence
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According to the student handbook, male students’ hair cannot extend past the eyebrows or earlobes.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
The final step consisted of more extensive prosthetics — for the top of the head, forehead, eyelids, nose, lips and chin, cheeks, neck, back of the neck, shoulders, earlobes, hands and arms.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
Scarring was practiced by Indigenous Australians, tribes in Africa and Asia stretched their necks, earlobes and lips, and a sect of Hindus still practice skin piercing and suspension rituals at religious festivals.
—Parizaad Khan Sethi, Allure, 24 Aug. 2023
In addition, the Barbers Hill Independent School District superintendent said other Black students have received religious exemptions from the school’s dress code, which allows braids, locs, and twists but requires boys’ hair not to extend past their eyebrows or earlobes.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 24 Jan. 2024
The robots themselves are also interesting designs, ranging from faceless automatons to more humanoid androids with whirring gears in place of earlobes.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2023
According to the district dress code, boys may not wear long hair and must keep it shorter than their eyebrows and earlobes.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
For eight years, Raymond has been adding her touch of jewels and precious stones to the necks and earlobes of the aesthetically driven.
—Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 27 July 2023
Into the ’60s, chin, cheeks, neck and earlobe prosthetics were added.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1785, in the meaning defined above
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“Earlobe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earlobe. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
earlobe
noun
ear·lobe
ˈi(ə)r-ˌlōb
: a part hanging down from the ear of human beings and some domestic chickens
Medical Definition
earlobe
noun
ear·lobe
ˈi(ə)r-ˌlōb
: the pendent part of the ear especially of humans
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