earlobe
Americannoun
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earlobes
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
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Origin of earlobe
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"My brother's got his right earlobe missing," Lee said.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
The photo shows a bandage across the side of his face and a line of stitches from his earlobe to below his jaw.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2025
Another, a close-up, showed stitch marks directly below his earlobe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2025
Because continuous earlobe temperature has not been studied widely, the team also explored potential applications to guide future research.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
Sohrab wiped a raindrop from his earlobe and shifted on his feet.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
You don't get mad at people over their finger length or whether their earlobes are detached.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2023
I wonder: Is it because favorite earrings are worn more often, thus putting them in harm’s way, fated to dangle dangerously from the earlobes like an alpinist clinging to a mountain crag?
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2022
In 2019, during further moves on censorship, China blurred out the earlobes of some of its young male pop stars in television and internet appearances to hide their piercings.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2021
For John Lithgow as Roger Ailes, he made a nose piece, added to Lithgow’s cheeks, neck and earlobes and changed the hairline to reflect Ailes’s bigger forehead.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2019
Blond-white hair cut in perfect bowls at the bottoms of their earlobes.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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