drawn-back

She mouthed, Kill it, and he had to admire her in her extremity, because there was no speech, not even the faintest aspiration, just the drawn-back lips and the grimace of the unvoiced verb.

The Silence 2010

She mouthed, Kill it, and he had to admire her in her extremity, because there was no speech, not even the faintest aspiration, just the drawn-back lips and the grimace of the unvoiced verb.

The Silence 2010

She mouthed, Kill it, and he had to admire her in her extremity, because there was no speech, not even the faintest aspiration, just the drawn-back lips and the grimace of the unvoiced verb.

The Silence 2010

Among the hipster set that deified the three songwriters in this band (Conor Oberst, M. Ward and My Morning Jacket's Jim James), there's been something of a drawn-back, muted response since the initial, orgiastic greeting this album received.

Dan Sweeney: Everyone's a Critic: The Top 10 Albums of 2009 2009

Metal meat skewers plunged into the dead jelly of her eyes, the face disfigured into a new dimension by the skewers sticking out and the rictus of death, the tongue over the drawn-back lips, showing her teeth.

Bottled Spider Gardner, John 2002

The curious, aromatic smell was almost imperceptible now, overborne by the enclosed stench of vomit, but he leaned down to the dead man's drawn-back lips, and caught the hint of it again, and more strongly.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

At the horizon, the drawn-back sea was building, a dark wall higher than any mountain, rushing back upon them.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

He made no sound at all, but Cadfael, running frantically to pluck her from under the flying hooves, saw the rider's face clearly, and so did she, the once impassive countenance convulsed into a mask of hatred and rage, with drawn-back lips like a wolf at bay.

The Holy Thief Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1992

Vectors of transmission simply drawn-back to plate, almost.

Prince of Chaos Zelazny, Roger 1991

The glare of the half-open eyes was now veiled, the snarl on the drawn-back lips carefully smoothed out to restore his harsh comeliness.

The Hermit of Eyton Forest Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1987