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  • I, personally, just had no interest in having some pimply-faced moron stick his tongue down my throat.

    Dairy Queen Lust Diane D. Gillette 2012

  • His long face, brown mane, leathery skin and buckteeth all gave him that look, but when he looked in the mirror, he just saw a pimply-faced teenager — in spite of the fact that he was barely three years old and a senior in high school.

    A Boy Who Looks Like Horses, or A Horse Who Looks Like Boys Nathaniel Tower 2012

  • Before being able to comprehend what I was told, I was asked to sign a waiver to allow a roomful of pimply-faced medical students to watch my insides being vacuumed out as if I were a car.

    Nancy Cronk: In Praise of Midwives: Having a Baby Is Not an Illness Nancy Cronk 2011

  • Other pimply-faced comic book afficianados who shared my pain, my dilemna of if I didn't have jacked up skin, I might actually get to kiss a girl if I used this product.

    This is the stuff teh interwebs are made of... wendigomountain 2009

  • Ifemelu was a surly three-year old who screamed if a stranger came close, but, according to the family legend, the first time she saw Aunty Uju, thirteen and pimply-faced, Ifemelu walked over and climbed into her lap and stayed there.

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Miracle 2011

  • Not all hackers are pimply-faced teenagers acting out their rebellious years, either.

    Offsite Access To NOMAD Is About To Change (Or is it?) - NASA Watch 2009

  • Before being able to comprehend what I was told, I was asked to sign a waiver to allow a roomful of pimply-faced medical students to watch my insides being vacuumed out as if I were a car.

    Nancy Cronk: In Praise of Midwives: Having a Baby Is Not an Illness Nancy Cronk 2011

  • At least pimply-faced youth isn't wasted on models.

    Models so young they still have pimples Katherine Boyle 2011

  •   Woody would find himself loathing this student once he was allowed to talk, addressing his classmates like a visiting professional, a pimply-faced teenager regarding the “craft” of writing, the skillful execution of foreshadowing and complex metaphors.

    Leave Off Doves 2010

  • As someone who's followed Deitch's entire career since we were both pimply-faced kids running around SoHo, I not only feel compelled to advocate a longer trial time for him but to assure everyone that the best is yet to come.

    Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Star Qualities 2010

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