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  • It lasts for perhaps five seconds as whatever memory that has stung her fades into the greasy mists of her consciousness, at which point she stops and looks confused, wondering why there is wetness on her paper-thin cheeks.

    The Living Grave 2005

  • In Uganda frogs used to have tails, and lizards had quite thin cheeks.

    The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

  • But Lionel answered none of these questions, he only sobbed and sobbed, and suddenly slipped out of Hobb's arms, and began to play once more with his farm, while the tears ran down his thin cheeks.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

  • But Lionel answered none of these questions, he only sobbed and sobbed, and suddenly slipped out of Hobb's arms, and began to play once more with his farm, while the tears ran down his thin cheeks.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

  • RC-135U aircraft modified with extensive external antenna fit including large SLAR "cheeks."

    Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990

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