Usage of "compress lips"

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Usage of compress lips in English

The boys dressed hurriedly, in silence, with frowning brows and compressed lips. 
 The Young Pitcher 

Gloomily walked I lately in corpse-coloured twilight-gloomilyand sternly, with compressed lips. 
 Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None 

With compressed lips and haughty mien he seemed not to notice them. 
 Watch Yourself Go By 

He looked at her, and nodded slowly and gravely with compressed lips. 
 The Isle of Unrest 

His thoughts were busy-tojudge from his knitted brows and compressed lips. 
 Fort Desolation: Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land 

Dennis stepped forward promptly, but with a pale face and compressed lips. 
 Barriers Burned Away 

As for Ruth, she walked along with compressed lips and frowning brows. 
 The Fortunes of the Farrells 

Lord Melbourne, lounging on a sofa, read it through with compressed lips. 
 Queen Victoria 

Her closely compressed lips twitched nervously, but her questioning eyes remained unlowered. 
 Bob Hampton of Placer 

Sitting down before his desk the General listened with compressed lips. 
 Under Western Eyes 

The closed eye and compressed lips proclaimed the presence of death. 
 Dahcotah: Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling 

With tightly compressed lips, he closed the door, and walked to the elevator. 
 Beth Norvell: A Romance of the West 

Will did not open his compressed lips, but nodded his head in reply. 
 The Iron Horse 

Evelyn watched him with compressed lips as he drained the glass. 
 The Just and the Unjust 

Then he read it again with frowning brows and compressed lips. 
 A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus 

Lord Oldborough stood with compressed lips, seeming to listen, but deep in thought. 
 Tales and Novels — Volume 07 / Patronage [part 1] 

Meanings of compress lips in English