Definitions
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- adjective closely shaved recently
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Examples
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She was feeling more nervous than she had expected and kept her eyes fixed upon the well-shaven face above the black robe, avoiding the rows of spectators below.
Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009
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Worse, the same director sat behind his gigantic desk with the same pitying, condescending smile on his well-shaven face.
Dance Of Death Preston, Douglas 2005
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He shed no tears, simply stood there, erect and well-shaven — sixty-two years old.
The Road Leads On 2003
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He'd apparently been home between his early morning visit to the hospital and coming to the Yard, because he looked as he always looked: perfectly groomed, well-shaven, and suitably dressed.
A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001
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The white-coats were all in their fifties and had the well-fed, well-shaven look of senior attending physicians with established practices.
Devil's Waltz Kellerman, Jonathan 1992
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To look at he was unremarkable, a smooth well-shaven face, heavy thick-lensed glasses, decent enough suit, a lawyer, to look at, or a scientist, one of the brilliant younger men searching cleverly through the subatomic particles for the Nobel Prize.
Quiller Bamboo Hall, Adam 1991
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Jevan stroked his long, well-shaven jaw and considered, with a speculative eye upon Hugh's face.
The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989
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Jevan stroked his long, well-shaven jaw and considered, with a speculative eye upon Hugh's face.
The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989
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He had a long, patrician countenance, olive-skinned and with no warmer flush of red in his well-shaven cheeks.
The Raven In The Foregate Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986
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He gazed benignly upon the activity around him from a plump, shrewd, well-shaven face, favouring the whole creation with a broad, contented smile.
The Pilgrim of Hate Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1984
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