How to Use bosom in a Sentence

bosom

noun
  • He clutched the flowers to his bosom.
  • The shirt has a plain color and ruffles at the bosom.
  • He never spoke of his childhood as an orphan, but kept dark memories of those days in his bosom.
  • Mr. Kulovits quickly explained of the bosom of the dress.
    Joanna Nikas, New York Times, 10 June 2017
  • As with most things in life, the truth is nestled in the bosom of nuance.
    Lz Granderson, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
  • Him being brought into the bosom of the band, in turn, revealed a lot about the band.
    Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • There are cushy booths and a curvilinear bar that draws you to its bosom.
    Esquire Editors, Esquire, 25 May 2017
  • The one who would rest his wizened hand on Jesus’ bosom.
    Tiphanie Yanique, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Brady’s been gone for a long time, but even so, his return to the bosom is triggering.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Staying true to the time period, the focus of the silhouette, thanks to these corsets, was the bosom.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Dec. 2020
  • The frame, at least, should be ornate gilt, sphinxish bosoms sprinkled here and there.
    Darryl Levings, kansascity, 20 Apr. 2018
  • There is a spirit on the Kenai that draws one into her bosom, a special place, a place that draws out the best in those who care.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2015
  • If there’s a burning in your bosom, that’s probably a yes.
    Jason Kehe, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Her bosom to his waistcoat-less chest, her hips to his, their thighs mashed together.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022
  • This move is far from how the young Latter-day Saint boy and the other signers growing up in the bosom of the church once imagined their future.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Conquest’s bosom pals, the novelist Kingsley Amis and the poet Philip Larkin, wrote to each other about the event.
    Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Bodices no longer need to be ripped — your bosom happily meets his abs halfway.
    Robert Gottlieb, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
  • His greatest happiness was always drawn from being in the bosom of those near to his heart.
    Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 May 2018
  • It was designed to circle the wearer’s throat and creep toward her bosom, while strands of diamonds poured down the back of her neck.
    Tori Telfer, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The light certainly feels tangible here, snuggled in the bosom of the Rockies.
    Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 23 June 2017
  • Jokes about Parton’s ample bosom were a late-night mainstay for decades.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • The bosom-baring frock revealed her large cross necklace and a whole lot of attitude.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Among her new additions to the Gaultier canon are a bondage suit, cut out at the bosom and buttocks, to reveal everything.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 9 May 2022
  • In the video, a woman on a balcony very, very briefly exposes her bosom burlesque-style to those below.
    Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Much of this interest stems from a meaning bosom acquired only in the 1960s: a woman’s breasts.
    Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2020
  • In other words, Koch was deeply embedded within the bosom of the MIT family.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The man embraces his savior as a bosom buddy for whom no gift or favor is too large, and drunkenly gives him his Rolls-Royce.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 July 2023
  • Got droop of bottom, or oblong bosom of sorrow? Go not to body doctors to crop or boost tomorrow.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
  • As so often with Baumbach, we are ushered into the bosom of a family.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Nate completes an improbable season arc that takes him from head coach to restaurant worker to the assistant to the kit man and then nestling back in Ted’s bosom.
    Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 31 May 2023

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