How to Use nipple in a Sentence

nipple

noun
Definition of nipplenext
  • This isn't the first time Cyrus has freed the nipple in Paris this week.
    — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The tattoos swooped around the fold of the breasts and lay on the area where nipples would be.
    — Jessica Firger, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2017
  • Plus, she was shot twice — once in the nipple, the other in the back of her head.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Place the heel of one hand at the bottom of the breast bone (sternum) at the nipple line.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2023
  • First, the baby holds the nipple between their tongue and the roof of their mouth.
    — Stephanie Brown, Parents, 16 July 2024
  • Well, the model wore a shiny white sheer tank top that freed the nipple.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Put the heel of one hand above the center of the person's chest, between the nipples.
    — Y.c. Orozco, Houston Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
  • No baby knows when the nipple is pulled from his mouth for the last time.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2016
  • The latest usage in the last few months is from the collarbone to the top of the nipples.
    — Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2018
  • The Sheer Blouse Instagram no longer fears the nipple, at least most of the time.
    — Emily Farra, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2018
  • The pouch may need to be cut open and, if the joey is still attached, the nipple severed.
    — Serena Solomon, The Seattle Times, 30 June 2017
  • The pouch might need to be cut open and, if the joey is still attached, the nipple severed.
    — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 26 June 2017
  • So grab the night by its nipples and go flirt with someone.
    — SI.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Ann pressed the baby to her breast, and Olive saw the little thing, eyes closed, clasp on to the nipple.
    — Elizabeth Strout, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
  • Her nipple had been sliced off and her mouth was stuffed with wet sand.
    — Karen Kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The hurried kiss and his tongue latched around my left nipple.
    — Danielle C. Belton, The Root, 29 Apr. 2018
  • My pro tip for the khinkali: Stab the nipple with your fork and slurp the soup inside of the dumpling upside-down.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • With your free hand, feel free to touch your breasts or play with your nipples.
    — Rose Surnow, Cosmopolitan, 17 Nov. 2016
  • In the case of the buttery nipple, the less dense Irish cream floats on the more dense butterscotch schnapps.
    — Vince C Reyes, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2015
  • This is hardly the first time Bella has freed the nipple.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Like Florence Pugh last week, the singer freed the nipple, choosing not to wear a bra or pasties with the look.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 10 July 2023
  • In the slideshow, a heart emoji covers her nipple in three of the images.
    — Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Kristin had to bend the nipple of his bottle to pour milk into his mouth.
    — jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Place one hand over the other and place them on the person’s chest, between the nipples.
    — Candy Sagon, Washington Post, 9 July 2017
  • The baby will instinctively move up to the breast and try to find the nipple.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Once baby has latched on to the nipple leave him/her there to feed undisturbed.
    — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Ahead, the 15 best nipple covers to add to your cart ASAP.
    — India Roby, Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Funk then performed a nipple-sparing surgery on her, the first in a three-step process.
    — Peter Bach, Town & Country, 11 Sep. 2013
  • Rub the stuff on your clit, nipples, earlobes, or any other spots that could use an extra sensory boost.
    — Jamie Ballard, Allure, 3 Oct. 2024
  • An udder and nipples are among the anatomical evidence that this is a female.
    — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024

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