Word Finder - chest

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A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

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The clothes are kept in a chest.

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A coffin.

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The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

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You can take the money from the chest.

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A chest of drawers.

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The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.

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She had a sudden pain in her chest.

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A hit or blow made with one's chest.

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He scored with a chest into the goal.

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To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

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To deposit in a chest.

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To place in a coffin.

His broad chest and shoulders looked powerful.

His arms were folded across his chest, one leg thrown carelessly over the other.

The little chest that held his clothing had been carried down to the bank.

She hugged her knees to her chest and peered through her fingers.

The heaviness of his head and chest reminded him of the possibility of suffering and death for himself.

His arms were folded across his chest and a twinkle was in his eyes.

The Frenchman expanded his chest and made a majestic gesture with his arm.

The muscles on his chest and arms were not well defined.

A large chest invited, and she knelt, touching the lid.

She giggled wildly and he lowered her to his chest, hugged her close.

Fury boiled up in her chest and poured from her eyes.

Carmen let go of the blanket she had been clutching to her chest and turned to shut her light off.

Prince Andrew did not see how and by whom it was replaced, but the little icon with its thin gold chain suddenly appeared upon his chest outside his uniform.

It will be different this time, he said, cuddling her against his chest as if she were a child.

He was suffering physically at that moment, there was a weight on his chest and he could not breathe.

The warmth of his muscular chest was like a magnet.

She propped her chin on his chest and looked up at him with a smile.

His arms were folded across his chest and his rugged features were drawn into a troubled frown.

Sobering, he folded his arms across his chest and rubbed his jaw.

His whole short corpulent figure with broad thick shoulders, and chest and stomach involuntarily protruding, had that imposing and stately appearance one sees in men of forty who live in comfort.

She leaned against his chest for a moment, comforted by his sympathetic embrace.

There is a chest of drawers and a three-quarter bed in the attic.

Her chest tightened at his words, but she nodded.

A minute later the old man's large stout figure in full-dress uniform, his chest covered with orders and a scarf drawn round his stomach, waddled out into the porch.

Even so, it was as if a something had been lifted from her chest, allowing the flow of oxygen and blood to a starving brain.

Sweat soon covered her, and her chest began to tighten.

He growled from low in his chest.

His chest is dreadfully hollow and his shoulders raised.

Gentle hands lifted her from the ground, and she buried her face in Bordeaux's chest, sobbing.

He lounged against the doorway; arms folded across his chest, and contemplated the family room.

He pressed her head back against his chest.

He wiped his face and sat facing her on the edge of the balcony's railing, arms folded across his chest and legs crossed at the ankle.

Her chest tightened again, and she sipped more of the warming liquid.

Prince Andrew lay on his chest with his face in the grass, breathing heavily and noisily.

The moonlight formed shadows on his muscular chest.

She turned away from him, pulling the shirt away from her chest.

A chest of drawers with copper handles sat beside the bed - and what a bed it was.

She stretched out on the couch beside him; resting her head on his chest and he draped the blanket across her shoulders, his arm falling loosely on her waist.

His body rejected the bullets, and they popped out of his chest.

The water was cold, and she shook, her arms hugging her knees to her chest.

He cut her shirt open while it charged and placed the paddles against her chest.

She wiped her mouth again and flung the rag against the wall, chest heaving.

He planted a hand on the chest of each man and pushed them a part.

As she walked, the fear and helplessness uncoiled, loosening their grip on her chest.

Deidre clung to the clothing covering his chest.

Deidre gazed at the expanse of his chest, all too aware of his strength and heat.

Her chest was too tight.

She squeezed her eyes closed, heart slamming in her tight chest.

A low growl started deep in his chest, a warning that penetrated her rampage.

She rested her head on his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat.