close-set

• “And now, his huge gaunt form more erect than it had been for years, with a glinting of blue fires in his small and close-set eyes, he was lifting his ancient chant again.”

  LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES

• “The study, published in the April 2002 issue of the journal Archives of Dermatology, suggested one reason is due to a larger area of close-set sweat glands in men's armpits.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Out, Out, Pesky Sweat Stains

• “Click! past the grocery and Click! past the corner and Click! only feet from the sidewalk where children are chasing each other from between close-set houses and Click!”

  Fictionaut: Stop-Motion Imagery

• “Frank had the close-set eyes and straight nose of his Bohemian ancestors and, by his late teens, a hardened face.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Sins of Brother Curtis

• “He has a round, prominent forehead and close-set eyes.”

  The Washington Post: David Walker, the prophet of deficit doom, and his sermon to save America

• “On Saturday, April first, the moon lit the way to Paul's house, - and April floated up the street lined with close-set houses, wearing cucumber perfume, carrying a box of condoms and jell in her jacket pocket.”

  Fictionaut: His Unlocked Window (april fool's challenge)

• “His grey-blue eyes, close-set above a long, tapered nose, gave his countenance a perpetually skeptical cast.”

  The Wall Street Journal: 'The Great Oom'

• “His close-set eyes rest neutrally on me for a moment, assessing the plausibility of my claim.”

  The Guardian: Michael Frayn: The day my life changed

• “The Watchmaker … had a prominent nose … and small, close-set eyes.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Dragon’s Apprentice

• “He had a prominent nose that curved up and into his brow, and small, close-set eyes.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Dragon’s Apprentice

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