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Example sentences for "narrow neck"

  • When numerous, they are in different stages of growth, and generally adhere to the membrane by a narrow neck, though sometimes several are attached by the same pedicle.

  • Sometimes they adhere by a narrow neck, and expand into a bulbous form, so that they can be very readily removed by operation, and are very apt to be broken off by external injury.

  • A polypus is a tumor growing from the mucous membrane, and often connected to it by a narrow neck.

  • The movement is limited by the elasticity of the inner membrane of the teat from which it grows, and is somewhat freer in certain cases because the growth has become loose and hangs by a narrow neck.

  • This cape is a high round head of land, extending four or five miles from north to south, forming a peninsula, and connected with the continent by a narrow neck of low land.

  • A low, narrow neck of land connects this hill with the south end of the island, which spreads out into a circumference of three or four leagues, and is of a moderate height.

  • This second island, when seen at a distance, has the appearance of two; the south point consisting of a high conical hill, joined by a narrow neck to the northern land, which is of a moderate height.

  • Where the peninsula of Gallipoli joined the mainland is, comparatively speaking, a narrow neck of land.

  • Many such attempts had proved this narrow neck of water running between high banks to be one of the great natural defensive spots of the world.

  • Let one imagine Galicia as a big stone jar with a narrow neck lying on the table before him, neck pointing toward the left hand, and he will obtain an approximately accurate idea of the topographical conditions.

  • It was a narrow neck of land, confined between the river on one side, and the head of a creek on the other, measuring, perhaps, a mile across.

  • The infantry now halted upon a narrow neck of land, while the artillery was lifted into boats, and conveyed on board the fleet.

  • At a distance it makes like a mountain rising out of the sea, but, on approaching nearer to it, a narrow neck of land appears.

  • Then follows a beautiful second shot up a narrow neck, with a bunker on the left and other trouble on the right; 385 yards is the Valley's length, and Bogey does the hole in four.

  • Then comes a hole that is really good, and it seemed to me the best on the course--two honest shots along a narrow neck of turf, which tapers perceptibly as it nears the green.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being agreeable; false pretences; light brown; liquid state; may appear; narrow band; narrow channel; narrow coastal; narrow compass; narrow gauge; narrow gorge; narrow ledge; narrow opening; narrow pass; narrow passage; narrow ridge; narrow street; narrow streets; narrow valley; narrowly oblong; perfectly tender; quoted above; reverse order; sermon preached; twenty grains; when questioned