How to Use bosom in a Sentence

bosom

noun
  • He clutched the flowers to his bosom.
  • The shirt has a plain color and ruffles at the bosom.
  • He never spoke of his childhood as an orphan, but kept dark memories of those days in his bosom.
  • Kip has not one but two bosom buddies.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • There are cushy booths and a curvilinear bar that draws you to its bosom.
    — Esquire Editors, Esquire, 25 May 2017
  • As with most things in life, the truth is nestled in the bosom of nuance.
    — Lz Granderson, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
  • Bodices no longer need to be ripped — your bosom happily meets his abs halfway.
    — Robert Gottlieb, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Him being brought into the bosom of the band, in turn, revealed a lot about the band.
    — Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Brady’s been gone for a long time, but even so, his return to the bosom is triggering.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Her bosom to his waistcoat-less chest, her hips to his, their thighs mashed together.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The frame, at least, should be ornate gilt, sphinxish bosoms sprinkled here and there.
    — Darryl Levings, kansascity, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Sanaa Lathan cradles some to her bosom.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Venus and Marcus are bosom buddies again.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Jokes about Parton’s ample bosom were a late-night mainstay for decades.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • His greatest happiness was always drawn from being in the bosom of those near to his heart.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 May 2018
  • The bosom-baring frock revealed her large cross necklace and a whole lot of attitude.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2021
  • This time around, her breasts are safely tucked behind fabric that crosses over her bosom rather than below it.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Mar. 2019
  • Finding a bosom buddy that fulfills this wishlist can be trying.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
  • In the video, a woman on a balcony very, very briefly exposes her bosom burlesque-style to those below.
    — Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Staying true to the time period, the focus of the silhouette, thanks to these corsets, was the bosom.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Dec. 2020
  • It was designed to circle the wearer’s throat and creep toward her bosom, while strands of diamonds poured down the back of her neck.
    — Tori Telfer, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • There is a spirit on the Kenai that draws one into her bosom, a special place, a place that draws out the best in those who care.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2015
  • The idea of taping up one’s bosom to achieve a particular silhouette is nothing new.
    — New York Times, 6 July 2022
  • As so often with Baumbach, we are ushered into the bosom of a family.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2022
  • There was fake blood (gallons of it), as well as gratuitous female nudity (cue the bouncing bosoms).
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • In these the putative gift was supposed to have come not from a bosom buddy but rather from a casual acquaintance or a stranger.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • One of my most nostalgic scents is my grandmother’s and that feeling of being embraced by her and nestling into her bosom.
    — Essence, 2 Dec. 2021
  • To completely discombobulate him, someone like me heaving all over him with lips and eyes and bosom, to turn this nerd.
    — Vulture, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The light certainly feels tangible here, snuggled in the bosom of the Rockies.
    — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 23 June 2017
  • These houses are kept close to the bosoms of multigenerational families and come on the market only once in a while.
    — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 16 May 2018

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