painted face

collocation in English

meaningsofpaintandface

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paint
noun[C or U]
uk
/peɪnt/us
/peɪnt/
a coloured liquid that is put on a surface such as a wall to ...
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face
noun
uk
/feɪs/us
/feɪs/
the front of the head, where the eyes, nose, and ...
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(Definition ofpaintandfacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpainted face

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It is just apaintedface, pretty in a way, shallow and soulless.
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She has now dispensed with the disguise of thepaintedface.
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Eventually the hair became singed and thepaintedfacebecame cracked by the heat.
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A first take: running mascara, and so a body reference; at the same time the painted canvas/paintedfaceseemed to send up the act of painting.
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The many painted faces, grimacing, sign-like, broadly applied seem to open a mimetic space-within-the-space.
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In every woman he sees through the powdered wigs and painted faces to the grime beneath.
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During the night a gang of men with painted faces and fully armed boarded the boat.
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Ngwalndu are large, flat painted faces that line the inside of the structure.
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Wench brigades, an offshoot of comics, pride themselves on continuing traditions such as the dress-and-bloomers suits, painted faces, decorated umbrellas, and live bands to accompany the brigade.
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Max's contribution was a gently subversive look at painted faces.
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