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The speaker, a strong-faced, grizzled man, heavy-set and of military bearing, pulled up his collar and rested his hand on the door-knob.
CHAPTER 6 2010
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The man, I see, is one of the samurai, a dark, strong-faced man, a man I have never seen before, and she is wearing the robe that shows her a follower of the Lesser Rule.
A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006
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It was so funny to hear my wife called ‘Madam Mina’ by this kindly, strong-faced old man.
Dracula 2003
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It was so funny to hear my wife called "Madam Mina" by this kindly, strong-faced old man.
The Deadlocked City Elon, Amos 2001
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At the High Table, Kevin sat with the captain of the royal troop, a strong-faced, fierce-eyed man who explained:
Castle Of Deception Lackey, Mercedes 1992
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Recovering herself, she whirled around to find the strong-faced young pastor looking down at her.
At the Little Brown House Ruth Alberta Brown
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Mortimer, I forgot to say, wore glasses; and, if there is one time more than another when a man should not wear glasses, it is while a strong-faced, keen-eyed wanderer in the wilds is telling a beautiful girl the story of his adventures.
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Lois 'fetish, and the thought of it and of the strong-faced man with whom she worked in spiritual partnership was a deep, inspiring consolation.
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Up the road to the eastward that ran past the school, with the morning sun at his back, strode a young man, yellow, crisp-haired, strong-faced, with darkly knit brows.
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About nine o'clock a buggy drove up and Carter and Simpson came in -- Carter, a silent, strong-faced, brown laborer, who listened and looked, and Simpson, a worried nervous man, who sat still with difficulty and commenced many sentences but did not finish them.
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