CAMEO in a Sentence

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1. Maybe you recall her cameo appearance in the movie version of Six Degrees of Separation.
2. He bent her body backward and his lips traveled down her throat to where the cameo fastened her basque.

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 Meanings and Examples of CAMEO
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cameo
 n.  shell or jewel carved in relief; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
Classic Sentence:
1  Of course, Mr. Stephens couldn't help how he looked for he had been an invalid all his life, but Mr. Davis-- She looked up at the cameo clean, proud face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  He bent her body backward and his lips traveled down her throat to where the cameo fastened her basque.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
3  Her face, encompassed by the blackness of the receding heath, showed whitely, and with-out half-lights, like a cameo.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country
Example Sentence:
1  Maybe you recall her cameo appearance in the movie version of Six Degrees of Separation.