Example Sentences

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Big, hawknosed Charles Malik, the rangy giant of Lebanon, once taught philosophy at Harvard.

From Time Magazine Archive

But one man who has been on top�or near it�for twelve years is Belgium's hawknosed Rik Van Looy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The big, dark-haired, dark-eyed, hawknosed man sat at his desk in his office on the fifth floor of the Society's building and checked over the mail.

From Fifty Per Cent Prophet by Garrett, Randall

Arthmore, the driver, was a thin, tall, hawknosed individual who could have played Sherlock Holmes on TV.

From The Penal Cluster by Garrett, Randall

I am long, lean, stooping, hatchet-faced, hawknosed, near-sighted.

From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John