cheek-bone

Knocked forward on his face, he rolled over and grappled with Jerry, who slashed cheek-bone and cheek and ribboned an ear; for it is the way of an Irish terrier to bite repeatedly and quickly rather than to hold a bulldog grip.

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He did not so much as see that her cheeks were faded, that the patches of color on the cheek-bone were faded and hardened to a brick-red by listless days and a certain amount of ailing health.

Two Poets 2007

He did not so much as see that her cheeks were faded, that the patches of color on the cheek-bone were faded and hardened to a brick-red by listless days and a certain amount of ailing health.

Two Poets 2007

There was a little patch of lather drying on one cheek-bone, and Barney understood that he had been shaving.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

“Oh, sir,” replied the innkeeper, “there was a red spot on thy very cheek-bone, which boded of a late brawl, as sure as the conjunction of Mars and Saturn threatens misfortune; and when you returned, the buckles of your girdle were brought forward, and your step was quick and hasty, and all things showed your hand and your hilt had been lately acquainted.”

Kenilworth 2004

This unexpected piece of assurance enraged him to such a degree, that he lent me a blow on the face, which I verily thought had demolished my cheek-bone.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

In a few, however, the more prominent cheek-bone, the taller figure, and the narrower foot, betrayed an

Salammbo 2003

He was very young, -- certainly not more than twenty-three, -- tall, rather poorly dressed, an invalid, beyond doubt, and the cough and the flush on the high cheek-bone spelled the name of the disease.

A Lost Story 1996

The dark hair and eyes might, indeed, have been Lot's, but their setting, with the line of brow and cheek-bone, was quite different.

The Wicked Day Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1983

It was strange to Cadfael to see, after prolonged calm, two great tears welling from beneath Liliwin's closed eyelids, and rolling slowly over the jut of his gaunt cheek-bone, to fall into the brychan.

The Sanctuary Sparrow Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1983