lean-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lean-faced
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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A lean-faced, hawk-eyed general officer, he has traveled in disguise to five headquarters directing 10,000 guerrillas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up to debate with her arose lean-faced, white-haired Richard Brevard Russell, 70-year-old Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and father of 18 children.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lean-faced romantic actor, a grandfather, managed ultimately to finish the performance by threatening not to.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet, when he gets his sensitive hands on the ball, no shotmaker in the N.B.A. is more feared than the Cincinnati Royals' Jack Twyman, 25, a lean-faced battler with an incredibly soft touch.
From Time Magazine Archive
The secretary in the lobby, a fifty-something, lean-faced blond woman, smiled when I gave her my name.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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