horse-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of horse-faced
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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Steyn said that instead of responding to Warren's attacks, Bloomberg "stood there looking horse-faced himself, unable to respond to it."
From Fox News ● Feb. 20, 2020
"Behold me literally in love with this great horse-faced blue-stocking," Henry James wrote to his father.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a harrowing experience working as a rivet-boy in a shipyard, living with a wicked relative, Orphan Chisholm is rescued by horse-faced Aunt Polly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paul Ford, 74, horse-faced character actor who played Colonel Hall, the butt of Phil Silvers' Sergeant Bilko on TV; after a brief illness; in Mineola, N.Y.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aunt Petunia, who was bony and horse-faced, whipped around and peered intently out of the kitchen window.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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