make a face
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Almost instantly, you might wince, make a face, or even pull your own hand away.
From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025
Because they'll say it and they get very excited, and then I make a face like what are you talking about?
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2023
Surgeon General Jerome Adams posted a video on Twitter in which he demonstrated how to make a face mask and then slipped on the finished product.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2020
If several edges and circles come together to make a face, you don’t care exactly where the face is found in the visual field; you just care that it’s a face.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2016
When I groan and make a face at him, he looks up, combing a hand through his short black dreadlocks.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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