knit brows

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Governor Wallace’s hard face and tightly knit brows, plastered on the front of Time magazine some twelve days later, covered the nation’s coffee tables and city newsstands.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

There were the scarred forehead and the stern face of Mr. Marston with knit brows, and his hand shading his eyes, as he stared close to the glass into the room.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Wolfgang sat with knit brows, the chewed end of his penholder between his teeth, disinclined to work.

From The Son of His Mother by Viebig, Clara

Giles heard him with lowered head, and knit brows, but he did not resent the brief sermon.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames

With knit brows, and chin dropped upon his breast, he took his way steadily through the throng.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various