NECK in a Sentence

Learn NECK from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For NECK, below is one of 251 sentences:
Gerald did not see his daughter in the shadow of the trees, and he drew rein in the road, patting his horse's neck with approbation.

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 Meanings and Examples of NECK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
neck
 n.  the part of an animal that connects the head with the body
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Thence, still hugging the shadow, he edged his way cautiously forward to the nearest window, holding back his straight spare body and craning his neck till he got a glimpse of the room.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  She wore her usual dress of darkish stuff, and there was no bow at her neck; but through her hair she had run a streak of crimson ribbon.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  Then she snatched her hands from his, threw her arms about his neck, and pressed a sudden drenched cheek against his face.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  She tightened her fierce hold about his neck.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  Her breath in his neck set him shuddering again, and he almost sprang from his seat.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  Gerald did not see his daughter in the shadow of the trees, and he drew rein in the road, patting his horse's neck with approbation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  Gerald was a small man, little more than five feet tall, but so heavy of barrel and thick of neck that his appearance, when seated, led strangers to think him a larger man.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  It was not suitable for a barbecue, for it had only tiny puffed sleeves and the neck was low enough for a dancing dress.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  After all she was not ashamed of her neck and arms and bosom, even if it was not correct to show them in the morning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  Her neck was short but rounded and her arms plump and enticing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
11  Mammy plucked a large towel from the washstand and carefully tied it around Scarlett's neck, spreading the white folds over her lap.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
12  Mrs. Meade mounted her carriage block and craned her neck for a view of the baby, but the doctor, disregarding the mud, plowed through to the side of the carriage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
13  That meant four mornings a week in the sweltering, stinking hospital with her hair tied up in a towel and a hot apron covering her from neck to feet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
14  She arose and, coming behind Scarlett, put her arms about her neck.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  There were tears on her cheeks, her bonnet was hanging on her neck by the ribbons and her hoops swaying violently.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
16  Kernaghan missed the United game after he ricked his neck.
17  She was wearing a string of green beads round her neck.
18  She wore a string of green glass beads around her neck.
19  She wore a heavy gold chain around her neck.
20  A heavy gold necklace hung around her neck.
21  The latest polls indicate that the two main parties are neck and neck.
22  Her key hung on a string around her neck.
23  I got a crick in my neck from painting the ceiling.
24  She wore a single strand of pearls around her neck.
25  Nathan Hale looked around as a British soldier put the rope around his neck.
26  He craned his neck to look for his daughter in the crowd.
27  I looked into a certain corner near, half-expecting to see the slim outline of a once dreaded switch which used to lurk there, waiting to leap out imp-like and lace my quivering palm or shrinking neck.
28  She already has drawn 5 tattoos upon her body as well as this neck permanent skin stain is 6th one.
29  She found her head pressing against the ceiling, and had to stoop to save her neck from being broken.
30  A patient's primary symptom is that he has pain in his shoulder up to his neck and down the right side of his body and is also feeling a little short of breath.