prune-faced

The two prune-faced men gazed past one another as the sea breeze sprayed their faces with saltwater, and then wordlessly parted ways and limped home to their huts.

Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

The two prune-faced men gazed past one another as the sea breeze sprayed their faces with saltwater, and then wordlessly parted ways and limped home to their huts.

Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009

Gray beards and prune-faced women kept more—because they had less to start with.

Zombies vs. Unicorns Justine Larbalestier 2010

But even if it fails, there's no going all the way back to the days when prune-faced hacks from the Liberal Democratic Party, surpassingly corrupt, reigned like Boss Tweed.

A Telegenic Samurai 2008

Then, after listening for a few beats, the prune-faced politician slams a tiny plastic fist on his desk in rage.

Fowl Play: Adult Swim's Low-Budget, High-Geek, Stop-Mo Hit Robot Chicken Adam Winer 2007

Every Sunday he arrived in his wine-dark Buick, a tall, prune-faced, sad-seeming man with an incongruously vital head of wavy hair.

Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffery 2002

When he returned to the Little Tower, an Aes Sedai who somehow managed to be prune-faced despite smooth ageless cheeks shifted her brown-fringed shawl and told him in no uncertain terms that the Amyrlin Seat was busy; perhaps she could see him in a day or two.

Lord of Chaos Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1994

There at the top of the stairs was this prune-faced woman with a dress on that had lace on it.

Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

There at the top of the stairs was this prune-faced woman with a dress on that had lace on it.

More Than Human Sturgeon, Theodore, 1918-1985 1953

It was a relief from the normal sober, serious, prune-faced air adopted by most registrars, which contrasts with the fact that they spend their Saturdays churning out ritual like so many sausages.

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