NOSE in a Sentence

Learn NOSE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

266 example sentences for NOSE, such as:

1. She struck him on the nose.
2. A hundred people, on the nose.
3. He got a bloody nose in the fight.
4. The boy stuck his finger up his nose.
5. My twin sister and I have got the same nose.

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 Meanings and Examples of NOSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
nose
 n.  part of the face above mouth through which man or animal breathes and smells
 v.  look around or search in order to discover something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She looked straight at Mattie as she spoke, a faint smile deepening the vertical lines between her nose and chin.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  She drew closer under the bearskin, so that, looking sideways around his coat-sleeve, he could just catch the tip of her nose and a blown brown wave of hair.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  Her hair was as grey as her companion's, her face as bloodless and shrivelled, but amber-tinted, with swarthy shadows sharpening the nose and hollowing the temples.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  Scarlett blew her nose on her torn handkerchief, and they started up the dark drive arm in arm, the horse following slowly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  The red color of her skin, narrow high forehead, prominent cheek bones and the hawk-bridged nose which flattened at the end above thick negro lips, all showed the mixture of two races.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  Suellen, behind her mother's hack, wrinkled her nose triumphantly at Scarlett, who had been planning to beg the necklace for herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  As the smell of crisp fresh pork came to her, Scarlett wrinkled her nose appreciatively, hoping that by the time it was cooked she would feel some appetite.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  It showed in the thin hawk nose over the full red lips, the high forehead and the wide-set eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  Pitty fumbled at her skirt and held the vial to her nose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
10  Melly, weeping openly with happiness, steadied Miss Pitty's rolling head and held the smelling salts under her nose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
11  He opened his cigar case, extracted a black cigar and held it to his nose for a moment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
12  Now, blow your nose like a good child," he ordered, a glint of a smile in his eyes, "and tell me what to do.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
13  She blew her nose obediently, still trembling, but she could not think what to tell him to do.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
14  The high cheek bones were more prominent, the hawk-bridged nose was sharper and her copper skin gleamed with a brighter hue.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
15  Yas'm, dat hawse daid, lyin dar whar Ah tie him wid his nose in de water bucket he tuhned over.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
Example Sentence: (56 in 4 pages)
16  He got a bloody nose in the fight.
17  The boy sat there with his finger up his nose.
18  The boy stuck his finger up his nose.
19  She struck him on the nose.
20  A hundred people, on the nose.
21  She has inherited her father's large nose, which is very unfortunate.
22  We made two slits for the eyes and a perpendicular line for the nose.
23  I mean, my nose is quite big but my Dad's got a whopper.
24  It's no skin off my nose if I lose this job, I can always get another one.
25  He brought the aircraft's nose up and made a perfect landing.
26  My twin sister and I have got the same nose.
27  The nose of the space capsule is protected by a heat shield.
28  Come on now, stop crying - blow your nose on my hankie.
29  Since you don't know the language I can only suggest that you follow your nose.
30  He has a broken nose but may be discharged today.