cheeked

American  

[cheekt] / tʃikt /

adjective

1. having cheeks of the kind indicated (used in combination).

   rosy-cheeked youngsters.

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Etymology

Origin of cheeked

cheek + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Nimue is fair of skin and long of hair and played by the rosy cheeked actor from "13 Reasons Why," Katherine Langford.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2020

A small, white-faced, rosy cheeked, bow-tie sporting puppet – clown-like, but not quite ready for the circus, sometimes riding a bike, but always, always terrifying.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2017

In a 2002 painting by John Currin, titled “Two Guys,” a pair of rosy cheeked men pose in familial embrace — rendered in the fairytale color palette for which the painter is known.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2017

Squirrel cheeked and beetle browed, with rounded shoulders and a scratchy voice, he is a virtuoso of exasperation, a maestro of disappointment, an intrepid navigator through squalls of frustration and failure.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2011

We went in and found that every hiker for twenty miles was already there, several of them sitting around a wood stove eating chili or ice cream and looking rosy cheeked and warm and clean.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson