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Example sentences for "both cheeks"

  • Then, as if her aim was to astonish and bewilder him on this first evening, Aunt Nancy kissed him on both cheeks as she said "Good night," and left him to his own reflections.

  • Jack would have protested that no wrong had been done, but she prevented further conversation by kissing him on both cheeks as she said, "Good night.

  • Then she kissed him on both cheeks, and again did he feel the moisture of her tears.

  • Had not Lushington once seen her kiss Margaret on both cheeks in a moment of enthusiastic admiration?

  • She kissed me on both cheeks,' Margaret said with a laugh, 'and she talked about my début.

  • Margaret felt as if the world itself were putting huge arms round her and kissing her on both cheeks.

  • And when you sing well he will kiss you on both cheeks.

  • But Puss Russell kissed her on both cheeks, and asked her if she really wasn't nervous.

  • She was smiling with joy, too, and she held out her wasted hands and drew me toward her, kissing me on both cheeks.

  • She embraced my grandfather with much warmth, and kissed me effusively on both cheeks.

  • As for Maitre Cruchot, he boldly kissed her on both cheeks, remarking: "How we sprout up, to be sure!

  • Richard swung from his horse, took his host by the shoulders, shook him well, and kissed him on both cheeks.

  • Then the Queen kissed her on both cheeks, and in such kindness they parted.

  • He, too, kissed all his relatives on both cheeks, as he distributed his gifts.

  • She flung her arms round my neck and kissed me frankly on both cheeks, and tears were brimming over in her merry black eyes.

  • The Duchesse was so pleased to see me--she kissed me on both cheeks--.

  • Barthes, for his part, stooped and kissed Guillaume on both cheeks.

  • On reaching the outer reception-room, Benedetta, after kissing Celia on both cheeks, took leave of Pierre with much good grace.

  • Then turning to Camille she kissed her on both cheeks, while Monseigneur Martha sat looking at them with an air of indulgent sympathy.

  • As soon as the King's word had been proclaimed in the village, the three brothers asked for their mother's blessing, which she gave them, kissing them on the forehead and on both cheeks.

  • His brothers kissed him on both cheeks, and he kissed them back.

  • And the peasant brother kissed his brother from the town on both cheeks, and gave him and his wife the best places at the table.

  • One account says that Louis Philippe, most unceremonious of monarchs, caught up the little Queen, kissed her on both cheeks, and carried her bodily on to his barge.

  • She flashed her white teeth upon them in a naughty smile, and her eyes danced as she kissed Mistress Mehitable on both cheeks.

  • Barbara, purchasing her release by kissing him hard on both cheeks.

  • Barbara seized her, and kissed her heartily on both cheeks.

  • The surgeon gently laid him back and kissed the lad on both cheeks, but Lucien did not know.

  • The officer in charge of the party, who proved to be a general, made a little speech to the wounded boy, then pinned the Cross of War on his breast and finished by kissing him on both cheeks.

  • The colonel then kissed the child on both cheeks.

  • And with that Prince Karl embraced me heartily, and kissed me on both cheeks.

  • Then the Prince rose and clasped her in his arms, kissing her fondly on both cheeks.

  • Then, drawing her nearer, she leaned forward and kissed her on the brow and on both cheeks.

  • They embraced and kissed each other on both cheeks, then they presented the princes and the different members of their suites.

  • The Emperor kissed the King on both cheeks.

  • As their Majesties retired, the Queen held out her hand, and when I stooped to kiss it she kissed me affectionately on both cheeks.

  • At last we got into the carriage, but not until the Count had saluted me on both cheeks, and embraced me tenderly in stage fashion; he kissed Mrs. D.

  • James on both cheeks, and made them look very much ashamed before all the people.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "both cheeks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    answered and said unto; both because; both being; both boys; both continents; both feet; both flanks; both from; both girls; both gold and silver; both inclusive; both instances; both kingdoms; both know; both parts; both poles; both public and private; both small and great; both species; both surfaces; both the; both universities; both vessels; bother about; common things; opera comique