They found the red swelling where the spider had bit her on the nape of her neck. From LearnThat.org.
And the thumbs that pressed her nape were the same. From Wordnik.com. [Beloved]
The nape is the back of the birds neck and the mantle is the "cloak" or feathers on the back of the bird. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
And she gradually noticed how the fine hairs on his nape were the color of Spanish gold; how his hands were large enough to hold her together. From Wordnik.com. [Salem Falls]
"The orator was caught by the nape of the neck" 133. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
Seat patient erect and apply ice to nape of neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
His small rough fingers grasp at nape of her neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives That Came Before You, The Lives That Never End] Reference
“I love you,” I breathed into the nape of her neck. From Wordnik.com. [Your Mystery] Reference
Can you love me like the crosses at the nape of the neck?. From Wordnik.com. [Josh Ritter Launches New Conquest] Reference
Others take from the crown, forehead, or nape of the neck. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870] Reference
The fold of skin could have been an armpit, or the nape of a neck. From Wordnik.com. [Camera Obscura] Reference
The young woman spun in delight as her curls spent down her nape and breasts. From Wordnik.com. [Magic X] Reference
With one hand fastened to his right leg and the other on the nape of his neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
On the top of his head was a tall crest, which reached to the nape of his neck. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Birds] Reference
With a snarl, he grabbed the girl by the nape of the neck and shook her roughly. From Wordnik.com. [This World Must Die!] Reference
The Utes take the entire scalp from ear to ear, and from forehead to nape of neck. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870] Reference
Rivulets of electric surprise run down the nape of her neck while his eyes hold hers. From Wordnik.com. [Flyaway] Reference
I can swing back my head, and flatten the nape of my neck, as well as any deadly adder. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
The trick was to figure out what list he was on — oranges — brie — nape — toe jam. From Wordnik.com. [Parenthetically] Reference
She walked like a drunkard from room to room, delirious, carrying the cat by its nape. From Wordnik.com. [Mother's Angels] Reference
Gilian started guiltily, flushed to the nape of his neck and stammered an explanation or excuse. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Ajax grabbed him by the nape of the neck and seat of his uniform, nearly ruining one of the epaulets. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
Now her body suddenly tensed up, her jaw froze, and the muscles at the nape of her neck curled into knots. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Orange, A Novella] Reference
Very carefully she turned her head so that the small knot of hair at the nape of her white neck could be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
The thick fluffed black hair was rolled away from her face and gathered into a low knot in the nape of her neck. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Grasping the youths by the nape of the neck, he cracked their curled heads together until they yelled with pain. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
I barely have time to register his position on the stairs, when I feel her mouth clamp down on the nape of my neck. From Wordnik.com. [D.X. (Flag Day Challenge)] Reference
His palms calloused, his hair grayed along the nape and behind his ears, his shoulders broadened, his waist thickened. From Wordnik.com. [Better] Reference
Moreover, there was no fracture of the vertebrae at the nape of the neck, and it was evident that he had not been hanged. From Wordnik.com. [Acting the Swan to Overcome the Duck] Reference
For years, Clinton had a softly layered style -- one with volume on top that flowed gently inward to the nape of the neck. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Clinton's longer hairdo earns kudos] Reference
On June second, a puncture was made at the base of the small cone of pus at the apex of a furuncle on the nape of the neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
Leda looks back over her shoulder at us as the swan grips her from behind while at the same time nipping at the nape of her neck. From Wordnik.com. [Leda and the Swan: Paul Gauguin] Reference
She seized her cub by the nape of the neck, as a cat carries her kitten and without a moment's pause dashed away into the forest. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
She had on a dark blue serge dress with white collar and cuffs, and her hair was tied loosely in the nape of her neck with a black ribbon. From Wordnik.com. [Phyllis A Twin] Reference
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