forehead
the part of the face above the eyes
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,362 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,493 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the part of the face above the eyes also: brow
- the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits also: frontal bone, os frontale
forehead in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Black and curling, it straggled over his forehead.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Agnes was frowning so that her whole forehead was like one huge wrinkle.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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For half an hour I tried to pray as the beads of agony rolled down my forehead and bathed my face.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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And shall I, Having a path so open, and so free To my preferment, still retain your milk In my pale forehead?
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1