How to Use earlobe in a Sentence

earlobe

noun
  • Keep their earlobes safe and stylish with these sweet earring sets.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Give your earlobes a break and don't wear the heavy baubles every day.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The video showed the back of a man’s head, his earlobe flapping in the wind.
    — Kitty Ruskin, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
  • In fact, his next victim did have one of her earlobes severed.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Certain earrings have a fish hook style in the back that loops through your earlobe.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 13 May 2021
  • The first set starts above the ear, the second set is at the earlobe, and the third is at the nape.
    — Crystal Martin, New York Times, 26 July 2016
  • Scars are hidden in the ear and sideburn and behind the earlobe.
    — Jessica Matlin, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Oscar Pareja scratched the back of his left earlobe with his left hand.
    — Ivan Orozco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Whether the bottom of your earlobes stick to the side of your face or hang free is the result of one gene.
    — Brian Resnick, Vox, 27 Oct. 2018
  • The patient, Pierce, came in to have a cyst removed from his earlobe.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Chickens with reddish-brown feathers and red earlobes tend to lay brown eggs.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Her wrist was adorned with a Rolex, her neck and earlobes with diamonds and pearls.
    — Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • However, once her swelling went down, the shape of her earlobes bounced back to normal.
    — Hedy Phillips, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Some of the rubbery squishiness of your earlobe poured out of a bottle or a can just a short time ago.
    — Curt Stager, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2014
  • Some had electrodes attached to their earlobes, like earrings.
    — John Dalhuisen, Time, 5 June 2017
  • The anti-tragus is placed on the small hill of cartilage right above your earlobe.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The musician got five stitches on his earlobe after a fan threw a phone at him while on stage.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
  • The man wore a copper bracelet and had golden earlobe plugs, but the woman was truly blinged out.
    — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 10 Mar. 2021
  • No facial piercings aside from earlobes are allowed.
    — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The creature is shown pressing a gnarled forefinger to an earlobe.
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Chickens with white feathers and white earlobes usually lay white eggs.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Gently pull all of your hair to one side and place the middle against the nape of your neck, behind your earlobe or lower.
    — Allure, 14 July 2017
  • Two sensors that press against your earlobe act as a reference for the forehead sensor.
    — Christina Bonnington, WIRED, 13 July 2012
  • Crystal in diamante form delivered major bling, both at the earlobe and the waist.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Rub the stuff on your clit, nipples, earlobes, or any other spots that could use an extra sensory boost.
    — Jamie Ballard, Allure, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Smart little jackets with shoulders that dusted the earlobes, and sleeves that dangled to mid-thigh.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2020
  • There was the time in law school when Daniel decided to pierce his earlobe with something—a safety pin?
    — Kate Walbert, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
  • According to the district dress code, boys may not wear long hair and must keep it shorter than their eyebrows and earlobes.
    — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Into the ’60s, chin, cheeks, neck and earlobe prosthetics were added.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Why look to the cosmos for a little twinkle when the cosmos could simply dangle from your earlobes?
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 1 Aug. 2023

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