face with
Example Sentences
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To save face with her fellow pensioners, Mrs. Palfrey passes off a struggling writer she meets on the street as her grandson, only to draw confusingly close to him.
This thematically organized show—curated by Carlos Gollonet, chief curator of photography at the Spanish Fundación MAPFRE, which lent all the works in the exhibition—opens with a 1979 self-portrait in which the photographer has adorned her face with the traditional paint of the Seri people.
She coped by dabbing at her face with a small navy blue towel that magically appeared from under the table.
From Los Angeles Times
Jones said as she once again dabbed her moist face with the magical towel.
From Los Angeles Times
He covers his face with one big hand, tragically.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
