moon-faced
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of moon-faced
First recorded in 1610–20
Example Sentences
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The moon-faced Manning, a Time magazine cover star in October 2000, was widely regarded as a plucky music fan sticking it to greedy labels and out-of-touch millionaires.
From Los Angeles Times
After he teed off in 2003 on the Fox teenage drama “The O.C.” as a “moody, moon-faced trifle,” the show fired back with a hospital scene featuring a patient named Tom Shales, who is incontinent.
From New York Times
H-2 was a volatile, moon-faced man scarcely known outside the regional underworld.
From New York Times
And out popped a friendly moon-faced woman in black-framed glasses, the right one missing a chunk of lens.
From Los Angeles Times
Oh: and one of those newfangled, full-face snorkel masks that actually works, but makes even the most attractive GTHer look exactly like the moon-faced Dr. Zaius in the “Planet of the Apes” movies.
From Seattle Times
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