brush cheek
Frequency: 6.06.5 per million words
To touch someone's cheek lightly and briefly.
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Examples (10)
- His fingers gently brushed her cheek as he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
- As she passed him in the narrow hallway, her sleeve accidentally brushed his cheek.
- Be careful not to let the branch brush the baby's cheek.
- He remembered the feeling of her hair brushing his cheek in the wind.
- In many cultures, people brush cheeks as a form of greeting.
- She brushed his tear-stained cheek with the back of her hand.
- A single leaf, falling from the tree, brushed her cheek like a soft whisper.
- Did you feel something brush your cheek just now?
- The soft fabric of her scarf brushed his cheek when she turned.
- He leaned over, and his unshaven beard brushed the sleeping baby's soft cheek.