Example Sentences

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As he commenced to read, his high-bridged nose took on a stern aquilinity; the lines on his forehead and about his lips grew deeper.

From Time Magazine Archive

His whole face took part in the smile, and it was a charming face, long and rather quaintly narrow, of an amiable aquilinity, and clean-shaven.

From A Pair of Patient Lovers by Howells, William Dean

In those days Peter wore his rue—whether for lady fair or for towering prospects stricken down—with a tinge of wan melancholy not unbecoming to a gentle aquilinity of profile, softened by the grace of adolescence.

From Judith of the Plains by Manning, Marie

A lifted young profile, ever so slightly of the father's aquilinity, a vocal-looking swell to the bosom, and a chin that locked up prettily to the protuberant upper lip.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie

Both had the same hard delicacy of form and aquilinity of feature.

From Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)