horse-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of horse-faced
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
One was Anthony Esposito, 35, a long-nosed, horse-faced hoodlum who had been in & out of New York's prisons and reformatories for 16 years, had once been deported to Italy and sneaked back in.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the battling priest, horse-faced French Actor Fernandel gives a wryly rich performance, while Italy's Gino Cervi, in handlebar mustaches, makes a floridly ferocious Peppone.
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
“Is there a problem?” she says, looking from me to the horse-faced girl and then back again.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
