rubber-faced

[ ruhb-er-feyst ]

/ ˈrʌb ərˌfeɪst /

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adjective

having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.

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Origin of rubber-faced

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby rubber-faced

rubber-bulb syringe, rubber cement, rubber check, rubber cheque, rubber-chicken circuit, rubber-faced, rubber goods, rubber ice, rubberize, rubber jaw, rubber latex

How to use rubber-faced in a sentence

But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
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In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
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A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
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The pale, baby-faced, red-cheeked rapper is furiously puffing away at a hastily-made blunt crammed with low-grade weed.
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If Huckabee runs, the hurdles he faced the last time out, namely geography and money, would still be there.
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I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
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She was a plump-faced, insipid child, with fair hair and pale blue eyes, stolid and bovine in their expressionlessness.
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"I'll take charge of this, Captain Dobson," he brusquely informed the red-faced numskull.
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He was a good judge of men, that eagle-faced major; he knew that the slightest move with hostile intent would mean a smoking gun.
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The latter is a square-faced practical man, who is looked up to as a species of oracle by all his friends.
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