hawk-faced

English

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Adjective

hawk-faced (comparative more hawk-faced, superlative most hawk-faced)

  1. Having a face with sharp features that make it resemble a hawk.
    • 2002, Chris Ryan, Rat-catcher, →ISBN, page B-5:
      The third was a thin, hawk-faced man. Alex recognized him from the truck stop on the border road.
    • 2009, Allan Folsom, The Hadrian Memorandum, →ISBN, page 41:
      The major glared at him and seemed about to reply when the door suddenly opened and a hawk-faced, gray-haired soldier wearing the same kind of jungle fatigues as the others entered.
    • 2010, Robert S. Telford, Charlie Tanner Could Walk on Air, →ISBN, page 3:
      Charlie forced himself to look back over his shoulder. At his elbow was a tall, black-haired, hawk-faced man with a terrifying glare directed over Charlie's head, straight at the little DeWaters kid.
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