countenances

Simultaneously with her withdrawal the gleam of sensibility left the faces of the jury, and the dark and brooding look which had marked their countenances from the beginning returned, and returned to stay.

The Filigree Ball 1903

Notwithstanding that spirit of cunning and secrecy, which, through the continual teachings of their Government, has become almost a second nature to them, their countenances are agreeable and expressive ... and it was the unanimous decision of all our officers ... that they were as finished gentlemen in their manners, as could be found in any part of the world.

The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005

Their countenances were the mirrors of all lustful and desperate passions.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

At the time I conceived that the idiotical expression of their countenances was the result of being roused at untimely hours; but our subsequent experience led me to change my mind in regard to this.

Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication 1859

Now the above description is not very much unlike that of an African; and yet they are very unlike, arising, I believe, from the very pleasing and frank expression of their countenances, which is their only beauty.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840

A pause of quite a minute followed, during which the parties regarded each other in silence, the prisoner endeavoring in vain to recall the countenances of his guests, and the girl trembling, equally with grief and apprehension.

The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Amusement and business walk hand-in-hand -- you hardly know, from their cheerful countenances, which is which; for the Scots, though a high-cheeked, are not an ill-favoured folk in their features -- and though their mouths are somewhat of the widest, their teeth are white as well as sharp, and on the opening of their ruddy lips, their ivory-cases are still further brightened by hearty smiles.

Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 John Wilson 1819

The confusion that appeared in both their countenances was a proof that this interview, though unexpected, was not unpleasing to either party.

Honoria Sommerville 1789

"Children, the issue of old men, are habitually marked by a serious and sad air spread over their countenances, which is manifestly very opposite to the infantile expression which so delights one in the little children of the same age engendered under other conditions.

Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897

"Children, the issue of old men, are habitually marked by a serious and sad air spread over their countenances, which is manifestly very opposite to the infantile expression which so delights one in the little children of the same age engendered under other conditions.

Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877