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Cynny looked discreetly along the row of tables, her gaze coming to rest finally upon the thickset, vigorous-looking man with the short, graying hair.
Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009
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Stremov was a man of fifty, partly gray, but still vigorous-looking, very ugly, but with a characteristic and intelligent face.
Anna Karenina 2003
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Wednesday, the second week of the strike, he sat gazing out on the street as usual, a bullet-headed young man, still vigorous-looking, but with a peculiar expression of hunted fear in his face.
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A peasant of about thirty, of huge stature, came in — a red-cheeked, vigorous-looking fellow, with brown hair, and a short curly beard.
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The man, much older but vigorous-looking, laid a hand on Friedrich's shoulder, squeezing in a gentle manner.
The Pillars of Creation Goodkind, Terry 2001
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Halfway across the lawn, I thought I saw another figure — taller and more vigorous-looking — moving ahead of us.
The Legend of the Slain Soldiers Muller, Marcia 1985
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When he had last seen him, he was vigorous-looking, erect, and healthful; now he was bent and emaciated to a frightful extent.
The Garies and Their Friends Frank J. Webb
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He was an old but very vigorous-looking man, burly and stout, with a great mat of riotous gray hair under his fur cap, and a beard of the same color that reached his breast.
Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods Alice B. Emerson
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Mesurier, a thick-set, vigorous-looking man, shorter than Peter, stood still a moment, looking at him rather queerly out of his keen, grey eyes.
A Loose End and Other Stories S. Elizabeth Hall
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Stremov was a man of fifty, partly grey, but still vigorous-looking, very ugly, but with a characteristic and intelligent face.
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