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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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 -
The model wore her hair slicked back, letting her famous cheekbones take center stage.
— Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024 -
His affinity for knives inspired a tattoo on his right arm of a blade that protrudes from under the cheekbone of a skull.
— Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2017 -
Latee was popular — with long hair, high cheekbones and an endearing gaptoothed smile — but didn’t talk much.
— John Woodrow Cox, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2017 -
Swipe on the lighter shade over your nose and the perimeter of your face for soft radiance and the darker option for defining your cheekbones and jawline.
— Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Sep. 2024 -
Like other pearly liquid highlighters, its swirl of pink, golden, and frosty tones look gorgeous on cheekbones, brow bones, and collarbones.
— Jessica Chia, Allure, 27 June 2017 -
And her face, the high cheekbones, the depth and the luster of her brown skin, gives her the look of a woman from a Benin plaque—proud, regal, and knowing.
— Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, GQ, 21 Aug. 2017 -
He is described as being approximately 20-30 years old, with fair skin and red cheekbones.
— Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 22 June 2017 -
Jerry Adair suffers a fractured cheekbone and Brooks Robinson is struck in the temple on his batting helmet.
— Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 9 July 2017 -
Authorities say the officer’s nose, cheekbones and collarbone were broken in the beating.
— Associated Press, Washington Post, 27 May 2017 -
This two-in-one concealing-and-highlighting pen will awaken the skin by masking imperfections and brightening along the cheekbones.
— Vanity Fair, Vanities, 20 June 2017 -
For McGrath, the malignancy formed a tumor on a joint near his upper jaw, directly behind the cheekbone.
— Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017 -
Yesterday saw a continuation of dewy bases with a focus on sculpted cheeks and highlighter enhancing high points of the face— especially the cheekbones.
— Stixx Matthews, Essence, 11 Sep. 2024 -
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 -
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
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