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How to use chin in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Chin means the bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth. Example: “What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?”

Examples of chin by meaning

nounThe bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.

  • What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?

nounThe lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.

  • To paint chins of aircraft
  • Lockheed Martin's system is mounted behind a transparent, low-observable window blended into the aircraft's chin.2001, Aviation Week & Space Technology

nounThe bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.

  • The phone's chin looks different from the rest of it.

verbTo talk.

  • This little chore involved getting up at 3 A.M., working about two hours, then sitting around chinning and drinking coffee with the radio operators until too late to go back to sleep.1944, Ernie Pyle, chapter 1, in Brave Men, New York: Henry Holt, page 3

verbTo perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).

  • The Englishmen had also been lifting weights and chinning themselves for years.1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 119
  • You can grunt and curse to your heart’s content but you cannot swing your body when chinning.1986, Martin Cohen, The Marine Corps 3X Fitness Program, Boston: Little, Brown, Part 3, p. 75

verbTo punch or hit (someone), especially on the chin (part of the body).

  • Said it wasn’t until someone had jabbed him in the nose or ‘chinned’ him that he forgot to be scared.1915, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 14, in Left Tackle Thayer, New York: Dodd, Mead, pages 183–184
  • ‘I’m in trouble, I hit a policeman—chinned him.1966, Nell Dunn, “OUT with the Boys”, in Up the Junction, Philadelphia: Lippincott, page 88

verbTo put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.

  • A comical fellow hopped down from a stump and chinned his fiddle while Prince Chang stared.1925, Arthur Bowie Chrisman, “Four Generals”, in Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children, New York: E.P. Dutton, published 1968, page...
  • Jimmy sat down at the piano, and the scientist tuned, then chinned the violin.1951, Gene Fowler, chapter 16, in Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante, New York: Viking, page 173

verbTo turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.

  • I was too tired to argue; I chinned the valve three or four times, felt a blast blistering my face.1958, Robert Heinlein, chapter 8, in Have Space Suit—Will Travel, New York: Del Rey, page 160
  • I landed kind of sloppily on hands and knees and chinned the squad frequency.1985, Joe Haldeman, “You Can Never Go Back”, in Dealing in Futures, New York: Viking, page 154

More sentences with chin

  • If he catches you on the chin, you'll be on the mat.From the entry catch
  • That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.From the entry spot
  • The boxer went down in the second round, after a blow to the chin.From the entry go down
  • Jones backed Smith off the plate with a little chin music.From the entry chin music
  • Jones threw a heater under his chin.From the entry heater
  • Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.From the entry sprout
  • I was up to my chin in water.From the entry up
  • She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.From the entry chuck
  • The recruit's face was smooth but for a single almost imperceptible hair protruding from his chin. "Unshaven!" screamed the officer.From the entry unshaven
  • You'll have to chin up to get through this.From the entry chin up
  • It was a thick, persistent curl that kept appearing on the left-hand side of my chin.2025, Gina Tonic, “The Time I Got Diagnosed with PCOS”, in Greedy Guts: Notes from an Insatiable Woman, London: Coronet, →ISBN. From the entry facial hair
  • She blinked rapidly several times, then her chin lifted slightly and her eyes rolled back.2022 October 13, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “She Suffered From Headaches and Fatigue. Were Concussions to Blame?”, in The New York Times Magazine. From the entry absence seizure
  • Ma was taking a sterilized needle to a whitehead on my chin.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 151. From the entry whitehead
  • Gage had gone foetal: knees raised, chin ducked , arms shielding his head.2017, Ben Sanders, By Any Means. From the entry fetal
  • A large handkerchief covering her head was knotted below her chin, encircling her sunburned and wrinkled face.2017 December 17, Kee B. Park, “Amid Talk of Nuclear Weapons, North Koreans Go Hungry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from…. From the entry weed
  • According to legend, the Were-Hare had teeth of gold, so long they reached below his chin.2013 April 2, Pseudonymous Bosch, Write This Book: A Do-It-Yourself Mystery, illustrated edition, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers…. From the entry werehare
  • She was trying to hang in, but her chin was drooping onto her chest.2012, Howie Carr, Hard Knocks. From the entry droop
  • The double chin had been blown away completely, revealing a skeletal jaw and chemically whitened teeth.2011, Scott Kenemore, Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead, →ISBN, page 228. From the entry mincemeat
  • Big Man made a wide Texas swing, left his chin open and boom! goes the dynamite.2011, Adrianne Byrd, King's Promise, page 69. From the entry boom goes the dynamite
  • But Maidana, a wall of stone with a granite chin, barely took a backward step.2010 December 14, Gareth A Davies, “Amir Khan v Marcos Maidana: Fight of the year ?”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 17…. From the entry ringcraft
  • Her puss was topped by neatly plaited hair and underscored by a witchly pointed chin.2009, Stephen Schneider, Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada, page 176. From the entry witchly
  • Her eyes kept gravitating toward the little cleft in his chin.2008, Sara Shepard, Flawless, page 206. From the entry butt chin
  • Ali used to call them "butt chins," but it was actually pretty cute.2008, Sara Shepard, Flawless, page 206. From the entry butt chin
  • “Michel and Jean will be assisting today.” The tailor’s eyes hover at my chin.2007, Miah Arnold, “Snap”, in Kathleen Volk Miller, Marion Wrenn, editors, Painted Bride Quarterly: Printed Annual 4, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 291. From the entry sweetheartedly
  • He put his pistol under Hannibal's chin and patted him down.2006, Thomas Harris, Hannibal Rising: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 300. From the entry männlein
  • Tina points to a Harry Potterish lightning bolt on her chin.2006, Mary Hogan, Susanna Sees Stars, Delacorte Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 199. From the entry Harry Potterish
  • I pushed my index finger against my chin and tilted my head to the side.2006, Natsuo Kirino [pseudonym; Mariko Hashioka], translated by Rebecca Copeland., “Jizō of Desire: Kazue’s Journals”, in Grotesque, New…. From the entry young ladylike

Meaning of chin

  1. noun The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
  2. noun Talk.
  3. noun A lie, a falsehood.

Full definition of chin

Questions about chin in a sentence

How do you use chin in a sentence?
Chin is used as a noun and verb. For example: “What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?”
What is a short sentence with chin?
“To paint chins of aircraft”
What does chin mean?
Chin means the bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.

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