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  • He wears a primitive loincloth, but if your eyes travel upward they will eventually come to the well-trimmed beard and black-rimmed reading glasses of an MIT professor, that is to say, to a thoroughly modern self.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • He had a giant black-furred paw on his chest, the well-trimmed claws digging into his pectorals.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • Had a shock of mercury-colored hair, a well-trimmed mustache, and impeccably clean dentures.

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • Obviously, people tend to have their hair well-trimmed when interviewed for a new job.

    Why IBM Should Buy Sun: Cloud Services 2009

  • He was a member of the new guard that came to power post-Saddam Hussein, but he was wearing the sort of moustache that was popular in the Saddam era: thick, well-trimmed on the upper lip with its ends sliding down the edge of the lower lips giving him a sinister, angry look.

    Corruption in Iraq: 'Your son is being tortured. He will die if you don't pay' 2012

  • He wears a primitive loincloth, but if your eyes travel upward they will eventually come to the well-trimmed beard and black-rimmed reading glasses of an MIT professor, that is to say, to a thoroughly modern self.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • He had thick gray hair and ebony eyes, a gray and black well-trimmed goatee, and a Hollywood tan.

    Family Storms 2011

  • Had a shock of mercury-colored hair, a well-trimmed mustache, and impeccably clean dentures.

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • He had a thick, well-trimmed black mustache, a nose that looked as if it had been pinched by the doctor who had delivered him, and coal-black eyes.

    Family Storms 2011

  • He wears a primitive loincloth, but if your eyes travel upward they will eventually come to the well-trimmed beard and black-rimmed reading glasses of an MIT professor, that is to say, to a thoroughly modern self.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

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