Examples of nape in a Sentence
Her hair was tied back at the nape of her neck.
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Pok rounded his building's corner, head down, embarrassment pounding at his ears and rain pelting the nape of his neck.
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Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Mirroring the 3-star wig cap structure, this wig featured three combs (left-side, right-side, nape), a drawstring, wig band insertion holes, and a 13×4 lace.
—Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2026
Someone had stashed a film camera in an apartment high above the plaza, capturing a scene of rowdy onlookers feasting on sausage sandwiches and uncorking bottles of wine as—after a series of delays—the blade dropped on Weidmann’s nape.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
The no-hair-out-of-place center part pulls back into a pretty knot that ends with an everyday vibe thanks to her ends left loose at the nape of her neck.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 15 Mar. 2026
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Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Mirroring the 3-star wig cap structure, this wig featured three combs (left-side, right-side, nape), a drawstring, wig band insertion holes, and a 13×4 lace.
—Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2026
Someone had stashed a film camera in an apartment high above the plaza, capturing a scene of rowdy onlookers feasting on sausage sandwiches and uncorking bottles of wine as—after a series of delays—the blade dropped on Weidmann’s nape.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
The no-hair-out-of-place center part pulls back into a pretty knot that ends with an everyday vibe thanks to her ends left loose at the nape of her neck.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 15 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nape
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“Nape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nape. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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