I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cheeks...flushed
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Her cheeks were flushed , her expression angry.
gave...peck on the cheek
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He gave her a quick peck on the cheek .
plant a kiss on sb's cheek/forehead etc (= to kiss someone on their cheek etc )
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Stephen planted a kiss on his daughter’s forehead.
rosy cheeks
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the kids' rosy cheeks
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
flushed
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The heavy brown head lolled a flushed cheek on the red cushion that supported his bandaged shoulder.
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I won't remember it, thought Fenella, leaning her flushed cheek against the cold window.
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And when she reached her room Lucy told herself her flushed cheeks were merely the result of the climb up the slope.
hollow
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Even with all this, the hollow cheeks , the scalp withered, you could still see how handsome Hugh had been.
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White-faced, with a three-day-old beard, hollow cheeks and staring eyes, Sikes looked like a ghost.
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Its flame showed up her hollow cheeks , the haunted eyes.
left
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A faint scar ran the length of his left cheek .
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It was a small piece of shrapnel, but it did a number on the left cheek of my hind end.
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The scars on his left cheek seeped a pale blood.
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He has a possible mole on his left cheek and was wearing a beret.
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But his second, which caromed off my left cheek and opened it like a zipper, was just as bad.
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Did you spot that tiny patch of freckles on her left cheek ?
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He ran home, blood trickling down his left cheek .
pale
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Smaller than Levant Sparrowhawk, with pale cheeks , pale tail and brown on neck.
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I reached out to touch its pale cheek .
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His pale cheeks had taken on a ruddy glow.
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His only movement was in the tears which crept down his pale cheeks .
pink
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She had always had pink in her cheeks and soft rose on her lips.
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Their appearance may not be one of illness because of these pink cheeks .
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A pang of conscience sent a light wash of pink into her cheeks .
red
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It was a thin, elegant face with bright spots of red on the cheeks , like a painted lady.
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The fifth day of every month he got his Red Cross cheek .
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They had an impression of very red cheeks and moist yellow hair smeared over the scalp like egg yolk.
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Tekla, the dark-eyed young Gentile woman with red cheeks , brought us tea and rock-hard kichel.
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His eyes were red , his cheeks wet with tears.
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She hummed quite happily again, her two red cheeks exuding her interrupted cheerfulness.
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Her eyes were not so red , her cheeks blooming like roses.
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He was a stocky boy of middle height, with blue eyes, a bristling crew cut, and red cheeks .
right
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The man ducked, weaving to his left so that Trent's fist caught him high on the right cheek .
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Small contusion on the right cheek as well.
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He had fallen and lain with his right cheek pressed into the wet leaves.
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In return Jaq had received a new electro-tattoo, imprinted on to his right cheek by Carnelian.
rosy
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Billy Brown had rosy cheeks , blue eyes and smiled all the time.
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Carefully paint eyes, a nose, a mouth and rosy cheeks on to the pixie's face.
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Her own rosy cheeks were so countrified.
■ VERB
brush
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When he brushed his cheek against hers or supported her waist in multiple pirouettes the sensual heat was unmissable.
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The great thick braid of spun metal hung over her shoulder, and brushed his cheek as she leaned over him.
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A spider the size of her thumbnail dropped past her in the gloom, its legs brushing her cheek .
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Death had brushed Dustin's cheek twice, threatening to take him first by fire and secondly by a bomb.
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The rough tweed of his jacket brushed her cheek and she caught the scent of soap and his aftershave.
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A rough chin brushing his cheek .
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Michele's lips brushed first one cheek then the other, his tongue-tip gathering the twin tears.
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No sigh of wind brushed David's cheek in the silence.
feel
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As she began each one, Mum's words came back to her and she felt her cheeks growing hot.
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Robbie felt her cheeks flush scarlet and she looked about her in angry embarrassment.
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He could feel his cheeks bulging like hot balloons.
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Léonie felt her cheeks go red.
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She felt her cheeks pale just at the thought of it.
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She felt her cheeks flush with a mixture of excitement and anxiety.
flood
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A tide of red flooded her cheeks .
flush
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My skin crawled; anger flushed my neck and cheeks .
kiss
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They kissed her, one cheek each, and departed softly in their pink felt bedroom slippers.
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Then he kissed him on the cheek .
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He had moved to kiss my mouth, but I had turned my head and he had kissed my cheek .
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He kissed her on the cheek and went to his bedroom.
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The chorus girls kissed him on the cheek for gratitude and the men smiled and said thank you.
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I was escorted to my hotel by Hansi and he kissed my cheek .
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Parr, in grey slacks and sports jacket, kissed her on the cheek and came into the kitchen.
peck
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He pecked her on the cheek .
pinch
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She reached over and pinched his cheeks .
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Then he shook Changez's hand twice and pinched his cheeks .
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Life has to pinch your cheeks hard to make you happy.
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Shop assistants abandon customers to pinch its cheek .
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She showed me his face, pinching his cheeks , and offered him.
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She demonstrated her dexterity by managing to pinch my cheek while wearing elbow-length white gloves.
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He pinched Converse on the cheek .
press
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She held Tom close and pressed her cheek to his.
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When she inhales, her skin presses upward against his cheek and ear.
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She turned her head away from the hissing shadow and pressed her cheek to the wall.
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I press my cheek against its cool surface.
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He presses her cheek with his palm.
rise
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Her eyes dropped once more to the boxer shorts as embarrassed colour rose to her cheeks .
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Paula said, a faint rose appearing on her cheeks .
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Her imagination conjured up an erotically vivid picture and she knew a hectic flush had risen to her cheeks .
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A bit of color rose in her cheeks .
roll
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Tears filled her eyes; they rolled down her cheeks and dropped from her chin.
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Sometimes when this is whispered in the ears of those near death, tears roll down their cheeks .
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Two tears rolled down his cheeks , followed by sniffs and heaves of the narrow chest.
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He smiled, sensing an odd happiness welling up in her, even though tears began to roll down her cheeks .
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Tears were rolling down my cheeks .
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The sweat was rolling down his cheek on to his collar.
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Hot, bitter tears rolled down her cheeks , and with them came back the noise of the street.
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And at that moment Ed sat up in the bed, looking straight ahead, a tear rolling down his cheek .
rub
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Katherine rubbed her cheek where the pain had been.
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She reached out to Connie and rubbed his cheek slowly and solemnly.
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She pulled one from its hanger and rubbed it against her cheek , her eyes closed.
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He pretended to rub the oft-offended cheek , and everyone laughed as Sabina grinned and went back to Mel.
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Thought of fat Goldberg shuffling round the glass in the little room, rubbing his unshaven cheeks , wheezing.
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The tack adds to this by rubbing the cheek against the sharp teeth.
run
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At that distance Adam couldn't see the scar that ran down Kaas' cheek .
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I feel warm tears running down my cheeks .
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Tears ran down his cheeks , but that was because his eyes couldn't blink.
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The tears were running down his cheeks .
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I thought I managed very well considering that tears were running down my cheeks most of the time.
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Tears must not be allowed to fill their eyes and under no circumstances run down their cheeks .
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In the mirror David saw the scratches for the first time: three gouges running down his left cheek .
stream
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Tears were streaming down his black cheeks .
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She held it in her palm and gazed at it, as if stricken, tears streaming down her cheeks .
stroke
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However, by patient wheedling and soft talk I managed to touch her and gently stroked her cheek with one finger.
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I stroke her lifeless cheek , and as I do the deep purple bruises seem to fade a little.
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She was stroking Louis's cheek and whispering to him reassuringly.
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Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage.
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When he rolled away from her, she idly pulled a frond of fern and stroked it down his cheek .
touch
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She watched his hand approach her face, felt it touch her cheek .
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He liked being next to her; he felt all the possibilities returning when he touched her cheek with his finger.
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Prominent projections of the bones can become sore to touch , especially the cheek bones.
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I reached up and touched his cheek .
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He was sleeping with one arm encircling his head, small podge of fingers just touching his cheek .
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With his other hand, he touched her cheek .
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I lay my head beside him, touching one cheek to him and the other to Clarisa.
turn
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When she turned round, her cheeks were fat as balloons, fit to burst.
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Maintaining our resolve for peace does not mean, however, turning the other cheek .
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The city turns a seamed cheek upward, confides itself to the sound and hazardous construction of a journey by starlight.
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No bottling up for me; no turning the other cheek for Walt.
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Nicandra threw an arm out over the bedclothes and turned her cheek fiercely into the pillow.
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Peregrine responded by turning the other cheek .
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Anyway, all I can remember is something about turning the other cheek which I don't believe in.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blood rushes to sb's face/cheeks
give sb a smack on the lips/cheek
hollow eyes/cheeks etc
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A well-shaped grey head leaned to peer at her out of concerned hollow eyes, whose colour she could not determine.
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Even with all this, the hollow cheeks, the scalp withered, you could still see how handsome Hugh had been.
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His hollow eyes have led you to expect something far more ruined.
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Its flame showed up her hollow cheeks, the haunted eyes.
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The hollow eyes on the pillow were filling with tears.
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White-faced, with a three-day-old beard, hollow cheeks and staring eyes, Sikes looked like a ghost.
peck sb on the cheek/forehead etc
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He pecked her on the cheek.
puff out your cheeks/chest
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Gillespie's cheeks puffed out as he blew into his bent-bell trumpet.
put the roses back in sb's cheeks
sunken cheeks/eyes etc
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Black sunken eyes like dried figs.
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Fitzosbert's sunken cheeks were liberally rouged and this made his bulbous grey eyes seem even more fish-like.
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No bulging rib cages, no collar bones out to here, no sunken eyes or bizarre hipbone bulges.
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The flesh had melted from her and she stared at the wall apathetically from sunken eyes.
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The grey skin; the red-rimmed eyes; the sunken cheeks.
the colour/blood drains from sb's face/cheeks
with (your) tongue in (your) cheek
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I kissed Mom on the cheek and said good night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A gentle touch on her cheek , then her arm.
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Her eyes drifted from his face to the smoothly muscled shoulder near her cheek .
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She showed me his face, pinching his cheeks, and offered him.
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The light from the window spilled along her cheek and lips, and made a dazzling star in her glass.
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The woman stopped crying, although her shoulders continued to heave, and her cheeks were still wet with tears.
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There was smeared blood at the corner of his mouth, a grassy bruise on his cheek .
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You could toast the bread on your cheeks.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
give sb a smack on the lips/cheek
hollow eyes/cheeks etc
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A well-shaped grey head leaned to peer at her out of concerned hollow eyes, whose colour she could not determine.
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Even with all this, the hollow cheeks, the scalp withered, you could still see how handsome Hugh had been.
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His hollow eyes have led you to expect something far more ruined.
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Its flame showed up her hollow cheeks, the haunted eyes.
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The hollow eyes on the pillow were filling with tears.
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White-faced, with a three-day-old beard, hollow cheeks and staring eyes, Sikes looked like a ghost.
put the roses back in sb's cheeks
sunken cheeks/eyes etc
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Black sunken eyes like dried figs.
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Fitzosbert's sunken cheeks were liberally rouged and this made his bulbous grey eyes seem even more fish-like.
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No bulging rib cages, no collar bones out to here, no sunken eyes or bizarre hipbone bulges.
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The flesh had melted from her and she stared at the wall apathetically from sunken eyes.
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The grey skin; the red-rimmed eyes; the sunken cheeks.
with (your) tongue in (your) cheek
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bernadette had been sacked for cheeking the nurse.
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They all have to go through it, cheeking the cops.