Read full poem →18 'Now, Tonson, list thy forces all,
Review them, and tell noses:
For to poor Ovid shall befall
Dictionary Entry
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
In a Sentence
“She has a cold in the nose.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. nosesnoses flatnoses longnoses bloodynoses runny
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Poetry examples for “noses”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Of Irrupt thunder, when Ionian shoals
Of dolphins bob tlieir noses through the brine.
Meantune, on shady levels, mossy fine.
Read full poem →Whose ins and outs no ray of sense discloses,
Whose only plot it is to break our noses;
Whilst from below the trap-door Demons rise, 15
Read full poem →My lord, there are certain barbarians
Who tilt their noses
As if the stars were flowers,
Read full poem →made any more nasty loud remarks outside my door about people
wasting their golden college days with their noses stuck in a book.