swan neck
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When the soft blue lights came up on her last week, she tilted back the high-cheekboned, full-lipped face on the swan neck and gave out with a brassily exuberant Everything's Coming Up Roses.
From Time Magazine Archive
“That’s how they made them years ago, before metal strings, before they knew how to brace a long neck. It’s incredible. There’s more careful engineering in that swan neck than in any three cathedrals.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
She had legs, she had arms, she had a swan neck dangling uselessly behind her.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
She stood at a large shallow sink with a swan neck faucet and steel-edged mirror and, by the shadowless light, rinsed her eyes with cool water.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Fenella smiled again, and crooked the swan neck over the bed-rail.
From The Garden Party and Other Stories by Mansfield, Katherine
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