How to Use nose for in a Sentence

nose for

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• Close your mouth, and inhale slowly through your nose for four counts.
  — Carley Millhone, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
• Reilly’s always had a nose for IP.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026
• As darkness fell, the fox curled herself tightly on the ground, tail pulled up to her nose for warmth.
  — Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
• Finish with a light touch across the bridge of the nose for an authentic sunkissed effect.
  — Corein Carter, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Pack that sense of wonder and nose for adventure, this is our semester abroad.
  — Robert Smith, NPR, 8 July 2026
• In trying to explain himself, Cary goes to touch her and ends up with a bloody nose for his trouble.
  — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
• His year-long output in 2025 was proof that his nose for the net is sustainable.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
• Nestor was 6-foot-4, and had a nose for the ball – in netball at least – which was enough for Cooper.
  — Eden Laase, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
• What bridges all of his work is an attention to jokes and memorably phrased specifics, combined with a keen nose for a funny premise.
  — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
• Swipe it onto the hollows of the cheeks, across the forehead, and across the bridge of the nose for that just-got-back-from-vacation glow.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 18 Nov. 2025
• Maybe a hard-playing wing with size and a nose for rebounding nudges the Lakers in the right direction.
  — Dan Woike, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
• Romelu Lukaku is now 33, but still has a nose for goal, as his dart to the near-post for Belgium’s opener showed.
  — Thom Harris, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• Kullgren said flu shot side effects can include a low-grade fever, fatigue, and a runny nose for a few days—symptoms that may feel like a mild flu.
  — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2026
• Start building a team that understands business environments and market dynamics and has a nose for trends.
  — Anatolii Kasianov, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• Another physical defender with a nose for the ball, Moore had four picks and five pass breakups in 2025.
  — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 31 July 2026
• In another video, Johnson picked up a second infant and held a cloth to the baby’s mouth and nose for several seconds while the child was crying.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
• Using a 5-7-3 breathing pattern, inhale through your nose for a count of five, exhale slowly for a count of seven, then pause for a count of three before your next breath.
  — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
• Known as a slugger on the diamond, the 6-foot, 190-pound Souders is also a big hitter on the gridiron with a nose for the football.
  — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
• The points bolstered his case for a third recall, but his purposeful all-around play, which included a nose for forcing turnovers and drawing penalties, also drew positive reviews.
  — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
• Despite this, the former Super Bowl champion has carved out a very important role as a sure-handed weapon on the Commanders' offense with a nose for the end zone.
  — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
• Throughout Kirby Smart’s decade-long tenure as Georgia’s head coach, Bulldogs defenses have shown a nose for hunting quarterbacks.
  — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 12 Nov. 2025
• Incorporating these elements may be a challenge—and to Yoshida’s point, a bit too on-the-nose for this sophisticated interpretation of style.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2026
• Cassie is now a bored California housewife-to-be, dabbling in OnlyFans for extra money for her blowout wedding, and Maddy, a promising talent agent with a nose for spotting clients who can make her a killing.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026
• Josiah Rand, Chaminade, senior Elite speed and a nose for the football, Rand tied for the team lead with 50 tackles for Chaminade, had two pass deflections and forced a fumble.
  — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 31 July 2026
• Playing with Connor McDavid can have that effect; Hyman was already a relentless forechecker who had a nose for the net, but pairing him with one of the best puck movers and overall offensive creators in the league took that to the next level.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
• Later in the fourth quarter, safety Dane Belton, who has repeatedly shown his nose for the ball, punched the ball from AJ Dillon’s hands, and cornerback Dru Phillips recovered it.
  — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• At 5-foot-11 ¼, 178 pounds, with blazing speed and a nose for the end zone, Brown accounted for 2,871 yards and 21 touchdowns receiving during his final two high school seasons.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
• In a master's thesis on information theory and quantum mechanics, and a doctoral dissertation on error-correcting codes, Forney displayed a bloodhound's nose for finding the right problems and the right questions to ask about those problems.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2016
• The song choice was perfectly on-the-nose for Fishel, 44, since the track from the actress’ former Girl Meets World co-star Carpenter’s new Man’s Best Friend album on TikTok Night was enough to keep her in the competition for another week.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025