forehead

His sons kissed his forehead as the judge announced the verdict.
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I fired again, and as he fell the second round hit him in the forehead, just above the left eye.
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Whispering to himself and bowing, he touches his forehead to the ground.
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Somehow she survived, even though one of the bullets struck her in the forehead.
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The three who were killed had been forced to kneel in a prayer position while assassins shot each in the forehead.
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Saginaw glanced at Connie and touched his forehead significantly.
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps|James B. Hendryx
The countess bounded up on the sofa and the duke wiped his forehead with his handkerchief.
The Mesmerist's Victim|Alexandre Dumas
Sweat poured from his forehead, and the suit ventilator whined as it picked up the extra moisture.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet|Harold Leland Goodwin
Even his grizzled hair slanted forward in a stiff cowlick over his forehead, and his face bristled sharply with his gray beard.
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He saw that a tender light, the softness of sympathy, came into her eyes when she noticed the plasters on his forehead and cheek.
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British Dictionary definitions for forehead

forehead

/ (ˈfɒrɪd, ˈfɔːˌhɛd) /

noun

the part of the face between the natural hairline and the eyes, formed skeletally by the frontal bone of the skull; browRelated adjective: frontal

Word Origin for forehead

Old English forhēafod; related to Old Frisian forhāfd, Middle Low German vorhōved

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Medical definitions for forehead

forehead

[ fôr′-hĕd′, -ĭd ]

n.

The part of the face between the eyebrows, the normal hairline, and the temples.brow

forehead

noun

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