How to Use cheek in a Sentence

cheek

noun
  • He kissed her on the cheek.
  • He's got a cheek ignoring us like that.
  • She was bruised on her left cheek.
    — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
  • My whole ass, not just one cheek.
    — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime.
    — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2026
  • His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime.
    — Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Not just the one cheek — the whole a--.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
  • The phrase is now steeped in naked cheek.
    — Lisa Gutierrez january 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Rain again; a soft mist on your cheeks.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Mamet leans back to kiss him on the cheek.
    — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There were these two dots that were on the boys’ cheeks.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The rain mixed with the tears of joy rolling down her cheek.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Levitt wore a brown suède coat and gloves; her cheeks were pink.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The slab was so steep that her cheek was up against the rock.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This is the turning of the cheek.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Lily breaks free with a chunk of his cheek in her mouth and runs.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
  • The pillow is cold against your cheek.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The ball hit me pretty flush in the cheek.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Her cheeks grew sore from smiling.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Small white spots inside the cheeks.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Are those leaves or a mustache, cheeks or nose?
    — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Ma crawls toward you and plants her palms on your cheeks.
    — Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Chelsea kissed her baby's cheek.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • Tears — and mascara — streaked her cheeks.
    — Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • His cheeks and hands were flushed pink with blood beneath the skin.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Her rosy lips and cheeks keep the look as classic as can be.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Yam Yam flags that Lisa kissed him on the cheek.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And with that, whoosh, our eyebrows were singed and cheeks scorched.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • So far, just hand holding on walks and a good-night kiss on the cheek.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The Spurs were kissed on the cheek by the lottery gods.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026

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