earlobe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of earlobe
Example Sentences
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University of Washington researchers introduced the Thermal Earring, a wireless wearable that continuously monitors a user's earlobe temperature.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024
“Disappointment. Frustration. Hypocrisy,” said Harper, a 33-year-old cradle Catholic who fit the fashion of a woke warrior with his trucker hat, nose ring and small gauges in each earlobe.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2021
Like the color of your eyes or shape of your earlobe, the structure of your hairline is actually quite individual and says a great deal about you.
From Salon • Jul. 30, 2021
The mastoid process can easily be felt on the side of the head just behind your earlobe.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
He was missing the bottom of one earlobe.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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