hatchet face
noun
a thin face with sharp features.
hatchet-faced
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a word derived from
hatchet face.
Example Sentences
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Then and now, temperance crusaders were lampooned as hatchet-wielding, hatchet-faced, uptight spoilsports, zealots who smashed up barrooms and beer halls and in general wanted to stop men from having a good time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
As far as the chain of command goes, Gwyneth is almost permanently flanked in this trailer by someone who seems to be a slightly hatchet-faced wellness consigliere, but is apparently Goop’s chief content officer.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2020
She just had to bend forward so that an unsmiling hatchet-faced policewoman could inspect her hair and probe her mouth with a flashlight.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2016
The fact is that "Sir" Richard can pose as a lovely, cuddly, family man because he employs hatchet-faced jobsworths to extort the money that makes him a multi-millionaire.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2011
As violent crime began to fall dramatically, New Yorkers were more than happy to heap laurels on their operatic, Brooklyn-bred mayor and his hatchet-faced police chief with the big Boston accent.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
