Example Sentences

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Kathryn Hahn paired her strapless black suit with an ultra-wide belt and statement neckless of white and green jewels.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2021

Mohammed had sold his sister’s neckless to pay the smugglers.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2020

He’s a small, balding, neckless man, and he wears a camouflage uniform with stars and crossed sabres on the epaulets.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 25, 2016

He is short and stocky and neckless, and though his eyes are small and set close together, and though he doesn’t truly smile, there is warmth in his face.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2014

Uncle Vernon was large and neckless, with an enormous black mustache; Aunt Petunia was horse-faced and bony; Dudley was blond, pink, and porky.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling