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Meanings of retrousse in English
Synonyms
Examples for "upturned"
Examples for "upturned"
1
The flare of the lamp was reflected in his glassy, upturned eyes.
2
And upturned to him in agonized appeal was the face of Emily.
3
The pallid moonlight shone on the upturned faces of the innumerable dead.
4
Almost angelic in its resignation and religious fervour is the upturned face.
5
Some have chairs; others sit on upturned buckets or on the floor.
1
Tennyson speaks of them as 'tip-tilted like the petals of a rose.
2
The bow of the boat was lodged on the rock, and tip-tilted considerably.
3
Very brief was her absence; her return reticent, but pouting and with unduly tip-tilted nose.
4
She had sparkling eyes and a delicate tip-tilted nose.
5
Will she have a Grecian nose, or one tip-tilted like the petal of a rose?
Usage of retrousse in English
1
There's more to Fonda than a famously retrousse nose and a pair of big blue eyes, though.
2
His nose was short and retrousse, and his ears were rather prominent; but he was bright and attractive.
3
She wasn't handsome, but she certainly was pretty, even though her nose was retrousse;, which is French for pug.
4
Her nose was slightly aquiline, but not enough so to detract from its beauty, and had a little retrousse; point that completed its attraction.
5
Everybody remembers the story of the Bishop and Mother Nez Retrousse.
6
Old Mother Nez Retrousse sold asparagus.