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cheeked

American  
[cheekt] / tʃikt /

adjective

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

    rosy-cheeked youngsters.


Etymology

Origin of cheeked

cheek + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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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

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

After the third presidential debate in 2004, a TV puppet called Triumph the Insult Comic Dog infiltrated Spin Alley, where he cheeked representatives of both parties.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2010

She especially loved the daring acrobats, and one in particular, a dark-eyed, ruddy- cheeked boy named Jacques-Paul.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray