hard-featured
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of hard-featured
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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This was Deputy Secretary Roger Kyes, a hard-featured giant brought along from General Motors, where Wilson had originally hired him to get G.M.'s truck division out of the red.
From Time Magazine Archive
Luis Sanchez Cerro, hard-featured, short-statured leader of the Peruvian revolution which made him When 60 armed civilians and soldiers stormed the Presidential Palace in Lima it was only a short day's work for Col.
From Time Magazine Archive
Breathlessly Mexico City awaited the reaction of big-boned, hard-featured Governor Tejeda.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her appearance always acted as a damper to the curiosity raised by her oral oddities: hard-featured and staid, she had no point to which interest could attach.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
She looked quite her age now: all suggestion of the young girl had gone, she was a stern, hard-featured woman.
From The Everlasting Arms by Joseph Hocking
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