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In the first movement, she is timidly approached by the fawnlike James Hay, who dances for her with quick, allegro finesse before kneeling and kissing her hands.

From New York Times • May 22, 2017

Natalia Bessmertnova, a slight, dark, fawnlike creature, is a dancer of a wholly different mold.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her face was all angles and light, with fawnlike dark brown eyes, a straight nose, full lips painted just a shade pinker than their natural color.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

But there was no trace of fear in those fawnlike eyes as Hannah held out the stick.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

"Her chestnut hair gives a rich recess to her lovely, fawnlike eyes, which shine like a star set in the crown of an angel."

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney