lean-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lean-faced
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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Dr. Sander, lean-faced, pale and expressionless, his busy and respected career interrupted, sat inside the courtroom rail with his wife, the mother of his three children.
From Time Magazine Archive
Standing at attention while Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall intoned the formal citation, lean-faced, balding Jimmy Doolittle bent forward while President Roosevelt pinned the gold, blue-ribboned medal above his left shirt pocket.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
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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