How to Use cleavage in a Sentence

cleavage

noun
Definition of cleavagenext
Synonyms for cleavagenext
  • The dress is cut low enough to reveal a lot of cleavage.
  • All the broadband in the world won’t change this cleavage.
    — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018
  • The first two wear bikinis, tug the tops to get their cleavage just right.
    — Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022
  • Mesh panels showed off her cleavage as well as the tops of her thighs.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 5 May 2017
  • The bloc remains wary that some of the ethnic cleavages that sparked the conflicts of the 1990s persist.
    — Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The enzyme that causes the cleavage derives from the host cell.
    — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The women with them wore dresses with hoop skirts that had cinched waists and lots of cleavage.
    — Amanda Walker, al, 20 Mar. 2021
  • If a wrestler shows cleavage in the ring, the internet will not forget.
    — Dan Brooks, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • My heartfelt advice to you is to keep your nose out of her cleavage.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Her dress looks one to two sizes too tight with cleavage showing.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
  • The collar of the jacket plunged into a low V to reveal a hint of cleavage.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 16 May 2023
  • Some don a favorite shirt that shows just enough cleavage.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The procedures left her with scars down to her cleavage.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • The one question that remains is the origin of the Furin cleavage site.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The awards shows are turning into Meet the Press with sequins and cleavage.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Just pluck those gooey chips from your cleavage and pop them right back into your mouth.
    — The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
  • If the male gaze lingers on the most sensual parts of a woman’s body — the curve from the hip to the waist, the swell of cleavage — where does the female gaze linger?
    — Serena Smith, refinery29.com, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Don't forget the tiara The first dress Tia Huff, 17, picked out showed too much cleavage for her mom’s liking.
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Why do all of these dudes have an urgent need to expose their man cleavage?
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 June 2021
  • All That scene at the beach in a bikini, and your shock when someone gave you cutlets to fill out your cleavage.
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The dress featured a high neck with a bow at her shoulders along with an opening that showed a hint of cleavage.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • Kylie served a major leg moment and a lot of cleavage, thanks to that low-low neckline.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Malik is not alone in his unabashed love of man cleavage.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2018
  • The length of the poncho suggests it’s designed to cover cleavage.
    — Wjbk-Tv, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2018
  • This purple and white dress comes with the cutest accents, including ribbons on the straps and at the cleavage.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 16 Feb. 2022
  • After prison officials measured the hem length, and then the height of her heels, she was then told the dress showed too much cleavage.
    — Jenny Block, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The woman with the dino dress and T. rex necklace that plunged into her cleavage.
    — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 9 June 2019
  • Her garment clung to all her curves and showed hints of skin, also dipping down just low enough to give a tease of cleavage.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Joey King’s top brought one urgent question to mind: What happened to cleavage?
    — Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 11 July 2024
  • Vestager, the commissioner for competition, fears that too much largesse in public aid for high-tech sectors will exacerbate cleavages between the bloc’s rich and poor economies.
    — Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023

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