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 • May 29, 2024
Beyond that, it’s your basic array of headless dolls and moon-faced child ghosts.
From The Verge • Sep. 21, 2017
For more than 50 years, beginning in 1946, Mr. Modell’s moon-faced characters leapt from The New Yorker’s pages in a perpetual state of exasperation or pandemonium, evoking for readers their everyday vexations.
From New York Times • May 29, 2016
The aristocratic ideal of male beauty—highly perfumed, moon-faced, smooth-skinned, extravagantly dressed—was close to the feminine ideal.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015
Except for moon-faced Little Lou, who not only kept track of Ralph, but came by every now and then, bearing gifts.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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