white-faced

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Equivalents

Examples

“I never see⟳ a shivering, white-faced wretch in the prisoners’ dock that I do not hark back with shuddering horror to the strange events on the Pullman car Ontario, between Washington and Pittsburg, on the night of September ninth, last⟳.”

“Angela, who had been sleeping in the alcove with the infant Rodrigo, looked white-faced at the bleeding man, whose lips were already turning blue.”

“As Sara watched, disbelieving, a slow moan escaped his lips and he thudded to the ground. Silhouetted against the hard blue sky stood Selena, swaying as she looked white-faced at the man at her feet.”

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