cherubic

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For a brief moment, we have Hamnet’s perspective, but it is just that: brief, only enough time to watch Jupe’s bright, cherubic expression replaced by fear and confusion.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

Over time, the 18-year-old Northern Irishman with the cherubic face and limitless potential, who ticked off those first four major championships in a four-year span, has grown up.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024

The wooden figure—with its shaggy white hair, black curlicue mustache, and cherubic pink cheeks—bears little resemblance to Donald Trump’s signature comb over and bronzed skin.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2023

With a cherubic face she looked every bit the part of a young lover, and, with a touch of careless manspreading while lighting a cigarette, very much a boy.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

There was something cherubic about his face, yet he looked older than his thirty-five years— perhaps it was the sharply etched creases at the comers of his eyes, or the air of authority he projected.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer