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Examples
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This is probably why so many children are nervous around clowns – all that false, painted-on happiness, shudder.
Problem solved 2011
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I put both hands down low on those painted-on jeans and push, but Big Girl laughs and leans back like she's working for the hill.
Sisyphus of Anacostia Drew Jackson 2011
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At times he captures a detail that represents the spirit of the age: a beggar boy with painted-on moustache doing somersaults by a hulking SUV at a Delhi traffic light; the gaudy temple architecture of the city suburbs where "memories of old Hindu architecture have been transformed into a simple idea of excess"; the peripatetic Indian engineer, "a mobile professional who is at home in cubicles everywhere."
Beautiful and Damned, or Just Dazed and Confused? Sadanand Dhume 2011
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When you look at your shoes with painted-on toes, how hard is it to keep yourself from feeling a little bit ridiculous?
Sam Worthington On Set Interview CLASH OF THE TITANS – Collider.com 2010
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On the runway, models appeared to have undergone a backstage interspecies transformation: They emerged with painted-on puppy noses and hair tied into ear-resembling top knots.
The Call of the Wild Lesley M. M. Blume 2011
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Richard Montgomery's set is adorably basic: a red curtain parts to reveal a pub with a simple counter and painted-on mirror.
Solas Nua's first musical, the loopy 'Improbable Frequency' Peter Marks 2010
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But there will be no painted-on stone-washed jeans, fringed leather bras, or bandannas for this gal.
Keira Knightley Rides A Motorcycle For Chanel The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Special highlights in this video include Mini Tim Gunn, Pint-Size Heidi Klum and the painted-on handlebar mustache of Tiny Paco.
Little Kids Reenact 'Project Runway' (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The first person I noticed at Duckie Brown was a tall, foppishly-dressed man wearing a tall hat and painted-on eyebrows who had a distinctive Willy Wonka vibe about him and who seemed to be attracting the cameras.
Una LaMarche: Crashing Fashion Week: Part One Una LaMarche 2010
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Despite the obvious painted-on tattoos over his chest and arms, the actor threw himself into the role and made DAVID JOSHUA⢠believable and memorable.
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