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  • One moment he had been there, fascinated by a loveliness that made him gaze, and the next moment it was the quiet gravefaced gentleman, selfcontrol expressed in every line of his distinguishedlooking figure.

    Ulysses 2003

  • But now, at sight of gravefaced Barnabas, he laughed again, and this time it sounded less ghoul-like.

    The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • One moment he had been there, fascinated by a loveliness that made him gaze, and the next moment it was the quiet gravefaced gentleman, selfcontrol expressed in every line of his distinguishedlooking figure.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • I will no longer resort to looking at gravefaced player photos!

    The Out Route 2009

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