low-set

• “The way the diamonds appear, very low-set, was the way rings were constructed at the turn of the last century.”

  Twilight Lexicon » Bella’s Engagement Ring, By Infinite Jewelry

• “Some people are born with the type of mouth that is made for snoring: a thick and low-set soft palate.”

  The Guardian: Dr Luisa Dillner's guide to... snoring

• “To emphasize that role, they were crossed with pugs and some other toy breeds to produce a smaller dog with a dome-shaped head, low-set ears, a much shorter muzzle, and a pushed-up nose.”

  Simon & Schuster: Born to Bark

• “At last we turned into Wentworths rhododendron-lined entranceway and drove slowly toward what seemed to be a low-set white castle.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Italian Summer

• “It can cause a lot of deformities, like low-set ears, webbing of the neck.”

  CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2009

• “The low-set table in her unassuming third floor flat was laid with home made apple strudel cut finely into stripsandabowl of freshly warmed popcorn that perched appetizingly on the corner.”

  Flower to the Survivor

• “While he smoked he padded around the yard, singing “American Pie” in a low-set croon.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Beautiful Miscellaneous

• “No bright whirring tunnel or silver-blue mist, just a wave of white noise, a low-set squall coming from an unknown source.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Beautiful Miscellaneous

• “I could see the men in overalls clearing the stands of scrub up ahead, their fires low-set and bluish through the cross-hatching of tree limbs.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Beautiful Miscellaneous

• “She is dwarf-sized but has no other symptoms except for a slightly large head, hands and feet, low-set ears and a fontanelle that won't close.”

  Sticks and Stones

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