profile
noun
the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
half-profile
-
a word derived from
profile.
Example Sentences
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They have him walking away in half-profile, from the back, from the side, his suit jacket unfurled, suggesting flight.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Sarah has turned her back, and you can just read in the half-profile glance of her face, that there is a little pity mingled in her hard-hearted approval of her rival's banishment.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
They travelled with their figures half-profile to the Cross, or in a south-westerly direction.
From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
I saw the officer studying his half-profile with an alarming face.
From Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
I lit one myself and leaning back contentedly in my chair watched her face in half-profile.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
