How to Use collarbone in a Sentence

collarbone

noun
  • The tips of her brunette waves fell a bit past her collarbone.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Her hair now sits just above her collarbone.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Yadro was hit in the collarbone.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • Devin Funchess broke his collarbone and was done for the year.
    — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Try a style with smaller pearls that hit just at the collarbone.
    — Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 14 June 2022
  • Because there is good meat around the collarbone and in the cheeks.
    — Domenica Marchetti, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Right there, near the collarbones.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Thomas, who led the Tour for the first four days, broke his collarbone.
    — The Associated Press, New York Times, 9 July 2017
  • The player who, say, broke his collarbone yet stayed in the game was a hero.
    — James Dunn, Star Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Hogan, the golfer, broke his collarbone, pelvis, left ankle and a rib.
    — Gina Kolata, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The carving is of her on her deathbed, and it is sunk up to her collarbones in his front lawn.
    — Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • We were always covered past the knee and up to the collarbones.
    — Maria Giesbrecht, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • At the moment, the ends of her hair hit just below her collarbones.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 7 Mar. 2019
  • The mother had a long abrasion in the area around her collarbone.
    — cleveland, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Crescent bangs and a collarbone-length can be a match made in heaven.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The chilled skin stretching from his lower ribs to his collarbone glowed bright red.
    — Chris Smith, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Broke his collarbone early in the season last year, so this year means even more to him.
    — oregonlive, 5 Mar. 2021
  • On her chest, her thin pink surgery scar stretched from the V-neck of her shirt to her collarbone.
    — Abby Goodnough, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Velasquez likes square layers for hair that grazes just at the collarbone.
    — Audrey Noble, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Had surgery on my collarbone this morning to get a plate and screws to help with the healing process.
    — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Take a deep breath, with your shoulders back, chest out and chin tucked so your ears are aligned above your collarbone.
    — Philly.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Down the collarbone, the new black jerseys house three pink stripes which stop midway to the sleeves.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • But Ewan hit the deck at the end of Stage 3 and broke his collarbone.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • The rapper is wearing her hair in a cute bob that hits her collarbone and flips out a bit for a retro vibe.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Hold the bar in your palms so that the bar rests above your collarbone on the meaty portions of your shoulders.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The latest usage in the last few months is from the collarbone to the top of the nipples.
    — Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2018
  • Stand facing a wall and place the ball under your collarbone at the sternum.
    — Kelly Dinardo New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Fox topped the sheer dress with a leather jacket cropped just below the collarbone and low-heeled black sock booties.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Breast tissue can be found in the chest wall, in the armpit, above the collarbone and as far down as the abdomen.
    — Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The mass, nestled just under the skin above my collarbone, was the size of a quarter.
    — Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, Kristin Van Ogtrop, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021

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