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Examples
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Although he has heavy bags under his eyes and a permanently down-turned mouth, he is boy-ish and still has sex appeal.
Linda Hassler: Swedish Film Director Exposes Aging Spoiled Brats in Avalon Linda Hassler 2011
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Deep-tinted violets abound but their down-turned heads blend modestly into the shade.
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Turning on an axis, the dervish will raise the right hand toward heaven to receive God's grace, which then passes through the heart and down into the earth itself from the down-turned left hand.
Ronen Paldi: 10 Things You May Not Have Known About Turkey Ronen Paldi 2011
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With grim, down-turned mouth, Hughes explains that art should make us feel more clearly and intelligently; make coherent, sensations we otherwise would not have had.
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The mouth, shapeless and toothless, with down-turned corners and lips dry and parchment-like, nevertheless lacked the muscular slackness so usual with age.
SAMUEL 2010
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Turning on an axis, the dervish will raise the right hand toward heaven to receive God's grace, which then passes through the heart and down into the earth itself from the down-turned left hand.
Ronen Paldi: 10 Things You May Not Have Known About Turkey Ronen Paldi 2011
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Although he has heavy bags under his eyes and a permanently down-turned mouth, he is boy-ish and still has sex appeal.
Linda Hassler: Swedish Film Director Exposes Aging Spoiled Brats in Avalon Linda Hassler 2011
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With grim, down-turned mouth, Hughes explains that art should make us feel more clearly and intelligently; make coherent, sensations we otherwise would not have had.
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For a moment, looking at his down-turned face, I wonder if I really want him to agree so readily that he will be my husband but never my lover.
The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010
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“Yes, sir,” the poor man said with down-turned eyes.
The Lost Children Carolyn Cohagan 2010
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