Cheekbone
noun
The bone that forms the prominence of the cheek and the edge of the lower orbit of the eye.
She has high cheekbones, just like her mother.
Often appears as...
- high cheekbones
- prominent cheekbones
noun
The bone that forms the prominence of the cheek and the edge of the lower orbit of the eye.
She has high cheekbones, just like her mother.
Often appears as...
- high cheekbones
- prominent cheekbones
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Facial Structure
Cheekbones contribute to the overall shape and structure of the face.
Models often have defined cheekbones that give shape to their faces.
Pro Tip 2/3Aesthetic Appeal
High or prominent cheekbones are often considered a sign of beauty in many cultures.
In her portrait, her cheekbones were highlighted to accentuate her beauty.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Use 'cheekbone' to describe characters in stories to help readers visualize them.
The detective had sharp cheekbones that gave him a keen, alert look.
Pro Tip 1/3Facial Structure
Cheekbones contribute to the overall shape and structure of the face.
Models often have defined cheekbones that give shape to their faces.
Pro Tip 2/3Aesthetic Appeal
High or prominent cheekbones are often considered a sign of beauty in many cultures.
In her portrait, her cheekbones were highlighted to accentuate her beauty.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Use 'cheekbone' to describe characters in stories to help readers visualize them.
The detective had sharp cheekbones that gave him a keen, alert look.
Pro Tip 1/3Facial Structure
Cheekbones contribute to the overall shape and structure of the face.
Models often have defined cheekbones that give shape to their faces.
Pro Tip 2/3Aesthetic Appeal
High or prominent cheekbones are often considered a sign of beauty in many cultures.
In her portrait, her cheekbones were highlighted to accentuate her beauty.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Use 'cheekbone' to describe characters in stories to help readers visualize them.
The detective had sharp cheekbones that gave him a keen, alert look.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
says that's no excuse for what happened it was a traffic violation come they just couldn't arrest him and give him some kind of fine or something I'd had to beat the mess out of them like that doctor said that he suffered a concussion one of his eye sockets was pulverized his cheekbone was so pushed
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National Geographic...
and it largely engages this one important area called the motor cortex. It's a strip that runs from the top of your head down to your cheekbone, about an inch wide or so. And if you're thinking about jotting down a note to control your arm, there's a region at about
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Wild Tales with...
like actually I now do so now that I carry my own sutures but I I told this story to Nikon because I said if you look really closely you can still see the word Nikon Ashton - my cheekbone and they liked that story so much that they
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How to succeed? Get more...
This is a room of sleep-deprived women. And I learned the hard way the value of sleep. Two-and-a-half years ago, I fainted from exhaustion. I hit my head on my desk. I broke my cheekbone, I got five stitches on my right eye.
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Love and hormones PIPE...
his face the high the high cheekbones the heavy brow ridges in the strong jaw are all built by testosterone a good female example I think is Hillary Clinton when she was asked why she was attracted to Bill she said he wasn't
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How your brain decides...
so men find women attractive who have large eyes, full lips and narrow chins as indicators of youth, and high cheekbones as an indicator of maturity. Testosterone produces features that we regard as typically masculine.
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How pandemics spread
soldiers started collapsing on parade, prompting their removal to the camp infirmary. As a surgeon there recalled, two hours after admission, they had the mahogany spots over the cheekbones and a few hours later
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How to truly listen PIPE...
And I said, "Well, I think I do too, but I also hear it through my hands, through my arms, cheekbones, my scalp, my tummy, my chest, my legs and so on." And so we began our lessons every single time
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The impact of Simón...
only five foot six and barely a hundred and thirty pounds there was an undeniable intensity to the man his forehead was deeply lined his eyes were piercing his cheekbones were high his
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How do you build a...
and that it has the kind of dimple of what you might imagine a shoulder or the cheekbone, and that kind of organic form. And so we drew and made models,
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
says that's no excuse for what happened it was a traffic violation come they just couldn't arrest him and give him some kind of fine or something I'd had to beat the mess out of them like that doctor said that he suffered a concussion one of his eye sockets was pulverized his cheekbone was so pushed
Video examples
National Geographic...
and it largely engages this one important area called the motor cortex. It's a strip that runs from the top of your head down to your cheekbone, about an inch wide or so. And if you're thinking about jotting down a note to control your arm, there's a region at about
Video examples
Wild Tales with...
like actually I now do so now that I carry my own sutures but I I told this story to Nikon because I said if you look really closely you can still see the word Nikon Ashton - my cheekbone and they liked that story so much that they
Video examples
How to succeed? Get more...
This is a room of sleep-deprived women. And I learned the hard way the value of sleep. Two-and-a-half years ago, I fainted from exhaustion. I hit my head on my desk. I broke my cheekbone, I got five stitches on my right eye.
Video examples
Love and hormones PIPE...
his face the high the high cheekbones the heavy brow ridges in the strong jaw are all built by testosterone a good female example I think is Hillary Clinton when she was asked why she was attracted to Bill she said he wasn't
Video examples
How your brain decides...
so men find women attractive who have large eyes, full lips and narrow chins as indicators of youth, and high cheekbones as an indicator of maturity. Testosterone produces features that we regard as typically masculine.
Video examples
How pandemics spread
soldiers started collapsing on parade, prompting their removal to the camp infirmary. As a surgeon there recalled, two hours after admission, they had the mahogany spots over the cheekbones and a few hours later
Video examples
How to truly listen PIPE...
And I said, "Well, I think I do too, but I also hear it through my hands, through my arms, cheekbones, my scalp, my tummy, my chest, my legs and so on." And so we began our lessons every single time
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
only five foot six and barely a hundred and thirty pounds there was an undeniable intensity to the man his forehead was deeply lined his eyes were piercing his cheekbones were high his
Video examples
How do you build a...
and that it has the kind of dimple of what you might imagine a shoulder or the cheekbone, and that kind of organic form. And so we drew and made models,
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Quote examples
Kate O'Mara
English Actress
I am fortunate in having this bone structure because I have a tremendously prominent temple. I like to think that's it's because I'm so intelligent. People say: 'You haven't got a line on your forehead.' I do. It's just the bones are holding them all out, and the cheekbones are holding my face up.
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Martin Bashir
British Journalist
The first time I ask him, have you had your cheekbones raised, have you had your nose changed? He denied it all. I was asking him to compare his face with what it looked like years ago.
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Coco Rocha
Canadian Model
As a model, we come in the room, and we are casted just on our looks. I think I'm funny; I think I'm clever. But in the end, they're picking me for my cheekbones or if I'm tall enough.
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Jonny Bairstow
English Athlete
I look so much like my dad - same chin, same cheekbones, same forehead - and I play a little like him too. But I am my mother's son. I am who I am because of her.
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Katherine Schwarzenegger
American Author
The whole thing with contouring is to contour where your natural cheekbone would be and where sun would hit you naturally.
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Helen Baxendale
English Actress
I look stern because I've got high cheekbones and a pointy nose, and a lot of my characters have been quite stubborn.
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Jocelyn Wildenstein
Swiss Celebrity
If I show you pictures of my grandmother, what you see is these eyes - cat eyes - and high cheekbones.
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Grace Jones
Model
I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.
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Tyra Banks
American Model
I don't wake up with naturally sculpted cheekbones - I paint them on!
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Suzy Parker
American Model
Sheer luck. I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones.
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Kate O'Mara
English Actress
I am fortunate in having this bone structure because I have a tremendously prominent temple. I like to think that's it's because I'm so intelligent. People say: 'You haven't got a line on your forehead.' I do. It's just the bones are holding them all out, and the cheekbones are holding my face up.
Quote examples
Martin Bashir
British Journalist
The first time I ask him, have you had your cheekbones raised, have you had your nose changed? He denied it all. I was asking him to compare his face with what it looked like years ago.
Quote examples
Coco Rocha
Canadian Model
As a model, we come in the room, and we are casted just on our looks. I think I'm funny; I think I'm clever. But in the end, they're picking me for my cheekbones or if I'm tall enough.
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Jonny Bairstow
English Athlete
I look so much like my dad - same chin, same cheekbones, same forehead - and I play a little like him too. But I am my mother's son. I am who I am because of her.
Quote examples
Katherine Schwarzenegger
American Author
The whole thing with contouring is to contour where your natural cheekbone would be and where sun would hit you naturally.
Quote examples
Helen Baxendale
English Actress
I look stern because I've got high cheekbones and a pointy nose, and a lot of my characters have been quite stubborn.
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Jocelyn Wildenstein
Swiss Celebrity
If I show you pictures of my grandmother, what you see is these eyes - cat eyes - and high cheekbones.
Quote examples
Grace Jones
Model
I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.
Quote examples
Tyra Banks
American Model
I don't wake up with naturally sculpted cheekbones - I paint them on!
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Suzy Parker
American Model
Sheer luck. I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones.
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