rub cheek
Frequency: 6.27.1 per million words
To move one's hand or an object back and forth across the cheek.
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Examples (10)
- She gently rubbed her crying son's cheek to comfort him.
- The actor rubbed the fake dirt onto his cheek for the role.
- He came in from the cold and started to rub his frozen cheek.
- The friendly cat likes to rub its cheek against people's legs.
- He would thoughtfully rub his stubbled cheek while deep in thought.
- The nurse rubbed a soothing ointment on the patient's bruised cheek.
- I can't stop rubbing my itchy cheek after the mosquito bite.
- In their culture, it is common to rub one's cheek against another's in greeting.
- The sleepy toddler was rubbing his cheek against his mother's shoulder.
- To apply the blush, gently rub the cream onto the apple of your cheek.