cheek to cheek

phrase

: with one another's cheeks touching
They were sitting/dancing/posing cheek to cheek.

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The revolution was an intimate one, grounded in a simple vision of heaven as a place for dancing cheek to cheek. — David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026 Where the Eleousa pressed mother and child cheek to cheek and Cassatt enfolded mothers around their infants, de Monteflores goes further, disappearing the mother’s face entirely behind her child’s. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026 In the video, the two were cheek to cheek as Streep, 77, delivered her own rendition of the classic birthday song while Halliwell smiled. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 Approaching one pool, a family was cheek to cheek, gazing at a small octopus that had ventured out slightly from a sheltered rock alcove. — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cheek to cheek

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“Cheek to cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheek%20to%20cheek. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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