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chest - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- drawer: My mother would make a chest of drawers for us from match boxes.
- drawers: The gallery has a double bed and chest of drawers and there is a pine bench and rocking chair to enjoy the view.
Converse of object
- unlock: Before unlocking the chest, strengthen it by dipping it in a precious liquid.
Adjective modifier
- hairy: I love a guy with a hairy, muscular chest.
- wheezy: On contact with them I suffer a burning, ulcerated throat, a runny nose, sneezing and a wheezy chest.
- bare: If you do watch from here please be respectful of the religious sensitivities of the site ( no shorts or bare chests ).
- wooden: The memorabilia is currently stored in a wooden chest.
- upper: And when tightness in the upper chest, that's tightness like what?
Modifies a noun
- x-ray: A chest x-ray is usually normal in the early stages of the disease.
- X-ray: A later chest X-ray showed some congestion on the lungs.
- pain: You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
- infection: Long periods of time were spent in a London hospital with repeated chest infections.
- tightness: Observation of Amy did not reveal any apparent chest tightness, or shortness of breath.
- strap: These all work from a polar chest strap that comes as standard.
Noun used with modifier
- treasure: I'll be the most beautiful treasure chest in the world!
- drawer: This chest is almost the same height as the Deep 5 drawer chest but is narrower and not quite as deep.
- bedside: The larger of the two bedrooms contains a double and a single bed, wardrobe, bedside chest of drawers and a dressing table.
- mahogany: Including mahogany chests, bookcases, mirrors, office furniture, bedroom furniture, dining tables, davenport desks, cabinets and more.
- tomb: Opposite is a 17th century tomb chest to Lord Sherrard, showing his eight children at prayer.
- steam: This is achieved by a valve arrangement inside the steam chest, which is located next to each cylinder.
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