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Meanings of hollow cheeks in English

Lack or loss of the soft tissues between the zygomata and mandible.

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Examples for "sunken cheeks"
Examples for "sunken cheeks"
1
Perhaps the sunken cheeks and the protruding cheekbones gave her this impression.
The Ragged Edge
2
The alabaster of the sunken cheeks was untouched by any hectic display.
The Heart of Unaga
3
His eyes were bright, his sunken cheeks told of fever or famine.
In Kings' Byways
4
He's also thin, medium build with rakish red hair and sunken cheeks.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
5
He looks a bit wrecked with his shaggy hair and sunken cheeks.
The Irish Times
Usage of hollow cheeks in English
1
The hollow cheeks were gradually rounded and given the faintest possible bloom.
His Sombre Rivals
2
Ella rose at last and brushed the tears from her hollow cheeks.
The Foolish Virgin
3
There were no hollow cheeks here, no pallid faces, no shrunken limbs.
The Californians
4
His face was pockmarked and beardless, with deepset eyes and hollow cheeks.
A Game of Thrones
5
Belts were tightened, and there were hollow cheeks among the thralls.
The Path of the King
6
Not showing ribs and hollow cheeks the way most laborers do.
The windup girl
7
Towards night he became feverish, his hollow cheeks glowing with an ominous tint.
In the Year of Jubilee
8
The warm sun of September brought a faint tinge to Sandy's hollow cheeks.
A Son of the Hills
9
My poor child, you cannot see without weeping, my pale and hollow cheeks.
The Basket of Flowers
10
The latter turned, and saw that tears were on his friend's hollow cheeks.
The Unclassed
11
His smooth jaw, hollow cheeks, and snub nose seemed human but strangely asexual.
Spellwright
12
He could make out a mottled pattern on the hollow cheeks-themaculations of decay.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst o...
13
A dusky red flush appeared in Sir Donald's hollow cheeks.
The Woman with the Fan
14
His nose was very red, and his thin hollow cheeks a dirty yellow colour.
The Secret City
15
A few tears stole from his eyes and rolled slowly over his hollow cheeks.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
16
For hollow cheeks or dry, rough skin it is unexcelled.
The Woman Beautiful; or, The Art of Beauty Culture
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Hollow cheeks through the time
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common