noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
eyebrow pencil
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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So, since he is disappearing from sight, he has dyed his hair black , eyebrows , too.
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He's smiling out of a rugged face, with thick black eyebrows and curling hair.
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Farrar was short with livery lips and thick black eyebrows , and Something was prematurely bald and thought he was really cool.
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He has thick black eyebrows , dark brown eyes, whitening sideburns and a pencil-thin mustache.
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He raised his black eyebrows in a look so disbelieving that she could only repeat what she'd said.
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Her thin black eyebrows appeared to have been recently painted.
bushy
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They were hard pin-points of slate blue beneath bushy eyebrows .
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She was a young nun with a deeply pocked face and bushy eyebrows that massed over the bridge of her large nose.
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His long bushy eyebrows , mingling with his coarse black hairline, made him appear to have no forehead at all.
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And those bushy eyebrows that resembled dark clouds on his horizon.-How come?
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His hair was grey but with a trace of red hair remaining in his bushy eyebrows .
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White beard, formidable mustache, and bushy white eyebrows did nothing to make him look grandfatherly.
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With his dome, bushy eyebrows and wide if not always convincing smile, he was a commanding figure.
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The black beard, for example, and the overly bushy eyebrows .
dark
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In his forties, he had thick dark eyebrows and an aggressive thrust to his jaw.
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Ballesteros hunched his shoulders, put his palms up in the air, and raised his dark , thick eyebrows .
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An attractive face, with dark eyes and dark eyebrows , but no revelation.
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Lost for words, he looked shyly down at her, smiling sadly so that his dark eyebrows puckered into a frown.
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Merrill's dark eyebrows lifted a little; surely there ought to be a reception desk, and some one to attend to visitors?
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She has long dark hair over her shoulders, and thick dark eyebrows .
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He has fine dark eyebrows , and an overhanging forehead.
heavy
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Kate saw two young, surprised black eyes under heavy eyebrows as she gently squeezed the trigger.
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His large eyes might have been girlish had it not been for his unusually heavy eyebrows .
raised
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I earn my first of these by commenting that there were a few raised eyebrows when his peerage was announced last June.
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Private Boyd allowed herself a raised eyebrow as she went by.
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The Bishop looked at Corbett with raised eyebrows and gestured to him to proceed.
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Her ironic smile and quizzically raised eyebrows excluded the rest of the dead people.
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The note of anger carried to the groups and couples passing by, provoking amusement and raised eyebrows .
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Not another word, a sigh, no raised eyebrow or even an impatient puff of cigar smoke.
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Hari looked at him with raised eyebrows .
thick
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In his forties, he had thick dark eyebrows and an aggressive thrust to his jaw.
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Ballesteros hunched his shoulders, put his palms up in the air, and raised his dark, thick eyebrows .
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He's smiling out of a rugged face, with thick black eyebrows and curling hair.
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Farrar was short with livery lips and thick black eyebrows , and Something was prematurely bald and thought he was really cool.
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She has long dark hair over her shoulders, and thick dark eyebrows .
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Thick hair, thick eyebrows , nose, lips, shoulders and tailoring.
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He was a well-cared-for man of sixty, with thick silver eyebrows that hung over alert eyes.
■ NOUN
pencil
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Yves Saint Laurent No. 3 eyebrow pencil .
■ VERB
arch
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Rachel daintily arched one eyebrow as if I had mentioned inviting her servants to some feast or revelry.
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He stuck his face in front of mine, hardly an inch away, arched his eyebrows and let his head quiver.
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Sonnenberg made the face again and arched his eyebrows .
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He arched his eyebrows and waved his hand, as if to say, Begin, boy, let me hear.
lift
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There was Lionel's lifted eyebrow .
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I lifted my eyebrows to Takat.
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Theodora lifted an eyebrow and with a caught glance drew them in to introductions.
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Her three sisters lift their eyebrows at each other.
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The friendly cop lifted his eyebrows and pushed his cap back on his head.
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His lifted eyebrows put a couple of wrinkles in the thick-looking skin of his forehead.
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She lifts her eyebrows and looks the place over.
look
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Do follow the natural shape - drawing in new eyebrows can make you look permanently surprised or over-made-up.
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She lifts her eyebrows and looks the place over.
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And yet their eyes, their lips, a certain shy grin or quizzical cant of an eyebrow , look strangely familiar.
pluck
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She could even pluck her eyebrows !
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She did not even like to pluck her eyebrows in his presence.
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She used lipstick and had plucked eyebrows and wore bright hats.
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Because you can lose your mind staying in two rooms, and so I fix my hair and pluck my eyebrows .
raise
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Trans World's ability to perform so well during this period raised eyebrows .
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That would raise eyebrows , as well as suspicions of special treatment.
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As the Minister raises his eyebrow , I recommend my excellent speech on competitive tendering of 20 January in the House.
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Amy Lehman as the dry Miss Casewell has perfected the eloquent raised eyebrow .
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He raised his black eyebrows in a look so disbelieving that she could only repeat what she'd said.
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When Frank caught my eye, I smiled at him and raised my eyebrows .
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It sank for a moment, then rose again, and Alexei saw Jotan raise his eyebrows .
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Sexually, the movie may raise some eyebrows .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pluck your eyebrows
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Because you can lose your mind staying in two rooms, and so I fix my hair and pluck my eyebrows.
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She could even pluck her eyebrows!
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She did not even like to pluck her eyebrows in his presence.
raise eyebrows
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But for many, stories about one night-stands are more inclined to raise eyebrows than get them giggling.
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But the case has raised eyebrows if not heightened tensions.
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Obviously Kaplan's recording will raise eyebrows.
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Sukey raised eyebrows when he ordered rather too good a bottle of claret in restaurants.
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That would raise eyebrows, as well as suspicions of special treatment.
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The North Star's team never failed to raise eyebrows nomatterwhere they travelled, being five stout brothers of almost identical appearance.
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The power that these organisations are beginning to exert is already raising eyebrows in the offices of some competition authorities.
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Trans World's ability to perform so well during this period raised eyebrows.
raise your eyebrows
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He raised his eyebrows but he didn't actually skewer my hand to his desk with his favourite kris.
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Karen smiled and raised her eyebrows: Check that!
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Rose raised his eyebrows and drank a cup of Mrs Burbanks' tea.
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She raised her eyebrows and drew out a hank of hair, backing slowly away from me.
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She did not speak when he raised his eyebrows the second time, so in went onions, mustard and ketchup.
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While he was pouring the drinks Ron the landlord raised his eyebrows at me.
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Your facial expressions can help to emphasize parts of your speech too: try smiling, scowling, or raising your eyebrows.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For a time I could communicate only by raising my eyebrows when some one pointed to letters on a card.
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He raised his eyebrows, waited.-Sir, he assaulted me.
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Her appointment by Clinton to such an important job raised many eyebrows, but she has proved a popular and effective envoy.
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Merrill's dark eyebrows lifted a little; surely there ought to be a reception desk, and some one to attend to visitors?
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She lifts her eyebrows and looks the place over.
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The eyebrows and eyelashes were drawn in an then very pale washes were put on, the paint smooth and even.