How to Use collarbone in a Sentence

collarbone

noun
  • The tips of her brunette waves fell a bit past her collarbone.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Because there is good meat around the collarbone and in the cheeks.
    Domenica Marchetti, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In 2021, the Texas Tech star suffered a broken collarbone in the fourth game of the year.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The joint is the meeting point between the collarbone and the breastbone.
    Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Down the collarbone, the new black jerseys house three pink stripes which stop midway to the sleeves.
    Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Try a style with smaller pearls that hit just at the collarbone.
    Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 14 June 2022
  • Hold the bar in your palms so that the bar rests above your collarbone on the meaty portions of your shoulders.
    Jen Murphy, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The heavy pendant hung between the ends of his collarbones.
    Dan Musgrave, Longreads, 9 May 2023
  • The second victim, a 24-year-old male, was stabbed once on the left collarbone.
    Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Will James broke his collarbone in the first half of last week’s win against Baker.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Hamlin punched Craig in the face and grabbed her by the shoulder and collarbone, police said.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The top of the bibs rises almost to his collarbone, to help keep the shoulder straps from slipping off.
    Nick Heil, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Fox topped the sheer dress with a leather jacket cropped just below the collarbone and low-heeled black sock booties.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The rapper is wearing her hair in a cute bob that hits her collarbone and flips out a bit for a retro vibe.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Jean could see the shape of her hand beneath the blanket picking at a dry patch of skin around her collarbone.
    Hannah Gold, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
  • Diah styled this unit with a side part and bumped the ends inward, making the tips graze her collarbone.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 18 July 2023
  • In the opening minutes of the game, Irvin went out with a broken collarbone and did not return.
    Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The very ends of her hair, which fall around the collarbone area, were bumped inwards, giving the cut extra body and movement.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 17 Dec. 2021
  • At 19 inches, the chain sits right at your collarbone to accent your face.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
  • Crum played in three games for the Aztecs as a true freshman in 2022 before breaking his collarbone.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Allen took her classmate to the middle of the room, saw she had been shot on the left side near her collarbone and neck and started putting pressure on the wounds.
    Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2023
  • Her hair fell in bouncy curls around her collarbone area.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Williams suffered a broken collarbone in the first quarter vs. Alabama the next week, and Auburn went on to lose the Iron Bowl 31-7.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The longest pieces on the left, however, fell past her collarbones.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Our desire for perfect skin doesn't end at the collarbone.
    Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Shough missed time with a broken collarbone in the team’s opener that kept him out until Nov. 12.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The 5-year-old, Justice Holness, was shot in the lungs and the bullet also fractured his collarbone.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 17 June 2022
  • His spine, ribs, left collarbone, sternum, and bones in his face were broken.
    Isabella Rosario, Outside Online, 26 Jan. 2023
  • All five uniforms will include the AAC emblem and a white wing along the collarbone will adorn all home jerseys.
    Evan Dudley, al, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The changes can occur directly in the breasts or in nearby areas, such as around the collarbone.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 10 Oct. 2022

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