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How to use necks in a sentence

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The passengers on the top deck of a passing No 22 bus are craning their necks to stare.
For centuries historians believed the tesserae had been worn by gladiators on a chain or cord around their necks.
Their cotton bandannas were tied loosely around their necks, Buck's red and Pete's blue.
To achieve near-asphyxiation, masochists might place a noose around their necks.
The most common conditions that require just remedial massage are shoulder pain and stiff necks.
He flirts, he likes kissing necks and shoulders, he sometimes keeps his pyjamas on, he holds hands, he banters in bed, and he makes breakfast.
All that could be seen were their long, grayish necks and broad backs that could seat ten people.
Add garlic, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, juniper berries, peppercorns, reserved duck necks and remaining duck or goose fat.
Now they had grouped together against the steep slopes of a lava ridge, tails flicking, necks craning, heads turning.
Sandhill Cranes are big birds, with long legs and necks, long pointed beaks, and wingspans which can be over six feet.
Eagle-eyed residents have been craning their necks skyward to catch a glimpse of the beaked bandit but, so far, to no avail.
Most horses also wore bearing reins that held up their necks and head into an unnatural and painful arch.
Others they compel to extend their necks, and then, attacking them with naked swords, they attempt to cut through the neck with a single blow.
As in many countries, wealthier men sometimes wear large gold chains around their necks.
The stories about St Bernard dogs and the barrel of brandy around their necks is untrue though.
These tall thin birds have long necks, bills, and legs and a very wide wingspan.
The mandarins of the Ministry of Defence have hard necks and short memories.
This bipolar desire for overwhelming power everywhere while sticking our necks out nowhere is exemplified by the new basing strategy.
Prevent long grass from establishing itself at the necks of trees and shrubs planted in the lawn.
Some monastic sects, such as the lingayats, wear stone lingams around their necks as a part of their sacred practice.
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Then take them out, dry the bottles, rosin down the corks close, and set them in dry saw-dust with their necks downward.
There was a silence of expectancy, and a turning of heads, a craning of necks.
The phenomena presented by the necks of intrusive rock do not differ from those characteristic of agglomerate or tuff necks.
The necks of the archegonia hardly project above the general surface of the thallus.
However, I do know that we wore little sacks of asafetida around our necks to keep off diseases, and the white folks wore it too.
I does 'member dat chillun had to live wid bags of assfiddy 'round deir necks to keep off ailments.
Mighty nigh all de chillun had a little teency bag of asafetida, on a string 'round they necks, to keep off diseases.
Little bags of asafetida was used to hang around de little chillun's necks to ward off fever or diptheria.
I sometimes think scorn of us as a nation that we so gladly and peaceably put our necks beneath the sceptre of such an atomy.
De boys aint gwine to brak their necks over you when yer gets ole an' ugly, nuther.
We danced, we capered, at the risk of our necks, among the slippery kayaks.
Red and blue necklaces, interstrung with sections of the chank shell adorned the necks and chests.
There was a bustle among the audience, a sudden rising, a craning of necks.
Then the flag falls, and, amid the rustling of skirts and craning of necks, they are off.
The camels were at rest, some chewing their cuds, others asleep, their necks stretched full length upon the warm earth.
The horses of his body-guard began to paw and curvet to free their feet as the loose reins tightened on their necks.
But listen, we'd do anything to be taken off this detail and get firehouse off our necks.
They gossipped and giggled like girls, put their arms around each other's necks.
Like most of the birds whose necks are bald, the jabiru is a useful scavenger, and so is tolerated in the haunts of men.
O that you could turn your eyes toward the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves!
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