How to Use cheekbone in a Sentence

cheekbone

noun
  • She has high cheekbones, like her father.
  • He suffered a broken cheekbone.
  • Long curtain bangs fall past her eyes down to her cheekbones.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 11 July 2024
  • The gloved hand holds a spiky flail that dips below one cheekbone.
    — Kara Nesvig, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023
  • And the blush that comes up so high on the cheekbone up by the temple?
    — Djuna Bel, Glamour, 28 June 2018
  • Then, brush it along your cheekbone and all the way up to your temple.
    — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 19 Dec. 2018
  • Her beauty team added heavy blush across her cheekbones and the bridge of her nose.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 25 June 2026
  • All smiles, her high cheekbones gave away a youth that would have been busy with suitors.
    — Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
  • The sides of his face were flushed high up on his cheekbones, and were his eyes blazing?
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Just swipe it atop the cheekbones, nose, forehead, and jaw then blend, blend, blend.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Ask for thick curtain bangs that skim the cheekbones, shown here in this style by @styled_by_carolynn.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Her lips were flushed with a rose-taupe hue, while her cheekbones were dressed in gold highlighter.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The jawline was to be defined, the cheekbones high and sharp.
    — National Geographic, 7 Jan. 2020
  • He was left with 40% vision in his left eye and a smashed cheekbone.
    — Dallas News, 6 May 2022
  • Rather than sweeping shoulders or jaws, the cut sits right along the cheekbone.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Once Bud stepped in the ring, his face went cold and his cheekbones stiffened.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • Just like highlighter on your cheekbones catches the light, the same goes for your eyes.
    — Deanna Pai, Redbook, 26 May 2017
  • Longer pieces reached the tops of her cheekbones, fluttering out like wings.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The changes to the cheekbones, jaws, ears and eyes can lead to other problems as well.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 19 Sep. 2017
  • With a bruised eye and a hematoma on her cheekbone, their mom went to the ER.
    — Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • His shoulder blades cut lines under his shirt, his face pulled taut over sharp cheekbones.
    — Maggie Slepian, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The opalescent white went on as my highlight, on my cheekbones and down the bridge of my nose.
    — refinery29.com, 24 June 2018
  • Draw it on straight from the bullet, down the nose, across cheekbones, and along the jawline.
    — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The wrap is meant to lift the skin around the jaw and cheekbones for a long(ish)-lasting contour effect.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The man had a broken cheekbone and needed nine stitches to his face.
    — Mark Fazlollah, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • That includes brow bones, cheekbones, bow of lips, and the corner of the eyes near the tear ducts.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 July 2024
  • Continue to draw these shapes around to the cheekbone in a C-shape.
    — Jessica Teich, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The trainer used a facial device to sculpt and lift my eye area, cheekbones and jaw.
    — Larry Stansbury, Essence, 25 July 2024
  • Her jaw and cheekbone are fractured, and part of her jaw and a couple of teeth are missing.
    — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Focus on your cheekbones, the brow bone and inner eye corners.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026

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