moon-faced
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of moon-faced
First recorded in 1610–20
Example Sentences
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The moon-faced Manning, a Time magazine cover star in October 2000, was widely regarded as a plucky music fan sticking it to greedy labels and out-of-touch millionaires.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
H-2 was a volatile, moon-faced man scarcely known outside the regional underworld.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
Beyond that, it’s your basic array of headless dolls and moon-faced child ghosts.
From The Verge ● Sep. 21, 2017
The aristocratic ideal of male beauty—highly perfumed, moon-faced, smooth-skinned, extravagantly dressed—was close to the feminine ideal.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2015
The boy is dark and moon-faced and looks nothing like Bas, but the gesture is so much like him that immediately I step away from the window, trying to stop memories from flooding back.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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