adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
face
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Ruth looked away in panic then braved herself to look back but the gaunt, pinched face had gone.
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While he shook out the blanket and brushed down his trousers Ruth turned her pinched face towards the sea.
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The heat in the tent, the pinched faces and the angry voices were all becoming unbearable.
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The man behind the desk eyed us suspiciously, heavy rucsacs on tired shoulders, pinched faces from the frozen air.
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Lily was holding forth, her pinched face sallow with indignation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cuts in spending are having a direct effect on the already pinched local schools.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her face had gone white and very pinched .
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I ignored such men with their closed faces and pinched noses.
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In the gap between the brassière and the pinched waistband of her skirt, her flesh bulged in a pale soft band.
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Ruth looked away in panic then braved herself to look back but the gaunt, pinched face had gone.
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She has also a teething baby, pinched and veined and smelling of milk.
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The pinched woman in a pink overall and blue mittens in the ticket office squinted at our passes and nodded us on.
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They went home with pinched ears and bruised legs where she'd hit them.