lean-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lean-faced
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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Last week, to fill the $25,000-a-year vacancy, the company chose lean-faced, natty George L. Killion, 46, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee.
From Time Magazine Archive
The critics have called lean-faced, Boston-born Jack Levine, 35, one of the half-dozen liveliest young painters in the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
A small, lean-faced Y.M.C.A. man named Liu Liang-mo, he is studying at the University of Pennsylvania and Crozer Theological Seminary.
From Time Magazine Archive
A lively, lean-faced, high-collared old New Englander is Porter Sargent, who as advertising and employment agent, adviser and critic, sits firmly astride the far-flung world of U. S. private secondary education.
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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