hawknosed
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a word derived from
hawknose.
hawknosenouna nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
Example Sentences
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Big, hawknosed Charles Malik, the rangy giant of Lebanon, once taught philosophy at Harvard.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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 Randall Garrett
I am long, lean, stooping, hatchet-faced, hawknosed, near-sighted.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
Arthmore, the driver, was a thin, tall, hawknosed individual who could have played Sherlock Holmes on TV.
From The Penal Cluster by Randall Garrett