I think you call it nostril of his nose long, thin, fine. From Wordnik.com. [The Shagganappi] Reference
One nostril is dripping what looks like grape juice onto the cell floor. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2006 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
He eyed Mr. Chadber speculatively, holding a pinch of snuff to one thin nostril. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century] Reference
It's bleeding a little periodically and my left nostril is totally swollen shut. From Wordnik.com. [Mohs Nose Woes - Part 1] Reference
The nostril is the large oval marking directly in front of the eye. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Figures in the Maya Codices] Reference
The Old English word for "hole" was thirl and a nostril is a "nose hole" or a "nose thirl.". From Wordnik.com. [podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history] Reference
Well, the spot in the nostril is the man will make you sit up and think, especially if your nose is on the larger size (as my own is). From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs]
Leech in nostril bested with leech anaesthetic. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: April 3, 2005 - April 9, 2005 Archives] Reference
TRUDEAU: And they measured nostril size and inhalation. From Wordnik.com. [What Facial Expressions Are Really Saying] Reference
You know, there's a lot of fun in rhyming apostle and nostril. From Wordnik.com. [R.E.M. Tackles Songs of Faith and Revenge] Reference
The only thing that makes it easier is Jewel's nostril-flaring. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Emmys: The Live Blog] Reference
Do not wash away clots; encourage clotting to close nostril. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
His eye flashed beneath his dark brow, his nostril began to quiver. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
The cloud had left his brow; his eyes sparkled, his nostril was dilated. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
If none of these methods arrest the bleeding the nostril must be plugged. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
Press your finger against your nostril and blow, blow hard in my direction. From Wordnik.com. [Slime Me] Reference
They get into the blood through the mouth or nostril, or perhaps from a scratch or cut. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X] Reference
There was a cut upon Lady Belle's sensitive nostril which told its little story to her. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
It started innocently enough with multiple ear piercings, then the odd hole in a nostril. From Wordnik.com. [Think Of It As Therapy] Reference
It's a brief struggle to control the pupil and the nostril; I see you are faster than him. From Wordnik.com. [There.] Reference
He rose up, pursing his face, panting at the nostril, very crouse and defiant in every way. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
If the horse refuses to swallow, a tablespoonful of clean water may be dropped into the nostril. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
No. 32066 has a large bill (exposed culmen, 21 mm.; breadth of bill at middle of nostril, 10 mm.). From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
They sorta make a smiley face, a little blood face with two red eyes and Khalil's nostril makes an oval mouth. From Wordnik.com. [from MLKNG SCKLS] Reference
There was a flicker of nostril, a rounding of eye, as their glance ran swiftly from one to another of Haley's prisoners. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
If this does not suffice a lump of ice may be held against the side of the bleeding nostril, and another placed in the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
One wire may be pushed through the nostril, another may go under the tongue, and a third parallel to it beneath the under-jaw. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The corner of a lip will pull in and up on one side of the face; on the same side a nostril may contract in a dismissive sneer. From Wordnik.com. [How To Avoid Being Lied To] Reference
"Mother of Heaven!" he ejaculated, flinging himself down at the table in the living-room where Rette's strong coffee tempted the nostril. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
He quickened his pace -- his horse alert to obey his will, fretting with dilated nostril and pawing hoof at their frequent interruptions. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
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