Cheek is an English word with synonyms like feature or talk. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Cheek in a sentence
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Cheek meaning
- The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
- The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
- Impudence.
Synonyms of Cheek
Using Cheek
- The main meaning on this page is: The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity. | The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts. | Impudence.
- Useful related words include: feature, talk, aggressiveness, face.
- Possible Dutch translations are: wang, koon, kaak.
- In the example corpus, cheek often appears in combinations such as: the cheek, her cheek, cheek and.
Context around Cheek
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cheek
- In this selection, "cheek" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, posing, butt, danced, contact, touching and give stand out and add context to how "cheek" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include tongue in cheek and and lower cheek fullness in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cheek" sits close to words such as bandwidth, butt and calories, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cheek
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When is a lady’s cheek not a cheek? (9 words)
Danced cheek-to-cheek with Arnold Palmer—while wearing a wig. (11 words)
After a fan wrote in an Instagram comment: “Remove your cheek fillers/implants. (13 words)
And yet Woodman’s men raced into the perfect start when Michael Cheek fired in, unchallenged, from inside the area before the experienced striker doubled his tally before half-time when capitalising on a loose ball from a corner. (39 words)
After all, when you have a character that travels throughout time and space in a police phone box to battle mutant alien fascists that use plungers as a weapon, you have to be a little tongue-in-cheek. (38 words)
But I know enough to realize that self-love, for all its benefits, can’t kiss me on the forehead, can’t cheek to cheek, can’t heart-eye stare in the middle of a room. (36 words)
When is a lady’s cheek not a cheek? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
An Instagram post introducing the the beauty brand on Instagram showed the young Jenner sisters posing cheek to cheek and holding a product made by the brand.
But I know enough to realize that self-love, for all its benefits, can’t kiss me on the forehead, can’t cheek to cheek, can’t heart-eye stare in the middle of a room.
Danced cheek-to-cheek with Arnold Palmer—while wearing a wig.
A high school swimmer from Alaska was disqualified from a race on Friday because the referee ruled she could see “butt cheek touching butt cheek” during the girl’s victorious race, according to a report.
If someone slaps you on your left cheek, give him your right cheek, they told us.
A panel who were asked to rate the change found that upper cheek and lower cheek fullness, in particular, was significantly enhanced as a result of the exercises.
In the snap, the "Hotline Bling" hitmaker and the "" actress were seen posing cheek-to-cheek as he wrapped his arm around her.
I remember plaster ceilings which leaked, and pews that creaked when people shifted weight from cheek to cheek.
When is a lady’s cheek not a cheek?
Muslim men will clasp both hands, palms together at the chest and utter the correct Islamic slametan (greeting) phrase, which may be followed by cheek-to-cheek contact, a quick hug or loose handshake.
Pious Muslim women rotate their hands from a vertical to perpendicular prayer-like position in order to barely touch the finger tips of the male greeter and may opt out of the cheek-to-cheek contact.
The camera is positioned at the side of a subjective player—whose viewpoint is being depicted—so that the audience is given the impression they are standing cheek-to-cheek with the off-screen player.
These partnerships produced recognizable songs like " Dream a Little Dream of Me ", " Cheek to Cheek ", " Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall ", and " It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ".
A buccal swab usually involves scraping the inside of the cheek to collect cells for testing.
A daughter kissing her father on her right cheek and saying Happy Fathers’ Day is by artist Siddhi.
A faded art deco shopfront sits cheek by crumbling jowl with its neighbour’s rusting balustrades and handmade fondant tiles.
After a fan wrote in an Instagram comment: “Remove your cheek fillers/implants.
After all, when you have a character that travels throughout time and space in a police phone box to battle mutant alien fascists that use plungers as a weapon, you have to be a little tongue-in-cheek.
A hand-painted sign above him reads “punks only,” but it’s tongue-in-cheek.
And yet Woodman’s men raced into the perfect start when Michael Cheek fired in, unchallenged, from inside the area before the experienced striker doubled his tally before half-time when capitalising on a loose ball from a corner.
Common combinations with cheek
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cheek 30×
- her cheek 18×
- cheek and 16×
- his cheek 12×
- right cheek 10×
- cheek to 9×
- and cheek 8×
- in cheek 7×
- cheek as 7×
- cheek by 5×