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  • She wasn't unattractive, even fawn-like in appearance from a distance, except for the melon-sized tumor she grew in middle age that gave a lop-sized appearance but had no effect on her health.

    Mimi, Irascible to the End Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • She wasn't unattractive, even fawn-like in appearance from a distance, except for the melon-sized tumor she grew in middle age that gave a lop-sized appearance but had no effect on her health.

    Mimi, Irascible to the End Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • Roger, the heading "fawn-like naivete" says it all.

    Hands Across the Wire Roger Sutton 2008

  • Thomas Dekker is so glaringly wrong out of his element playing a guy role, well except as a weak, gay-leaning, milktoasty, liberal mush-minded tiny testicled fawn-like delicate boy-thing.

    Thomas Dekker Joins Big Screen Fame Remake « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • That's great, pick the perfect example of how the estrogen-ization of our food and environment have transformed a generation of human males into weak, gay-leaning, milktoasty, liberal mush-minded tiny testicled fawn-like delicate boy-things.

    Thomas Dekker Joins Big Screen Fame Remake « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • When I was pregnant with my son I had a crazy dream where I gave birth to my dog and then tried to nurse her all fawn-like with long legs and then thought, hey, she eats kibble, whew, so glad I don't have to breastfeed!

    Alien-Baby Ate My Brain! 2008

  • It had rather fawn-like ears, a laughing mouth, with half a toothbrush growing out of it on each side, and small lively eyes, above a normally dressed appearance.

    To Let 2004

  • Countess in her brightest bloom had had that fawn-like, supple grace, that bold, capricious, irresistible charm, like the grace of

    Strong as Death 2003

  • It really brings out her eyes, which are dark and fawn-like.

    bettyalready Diary Entry bettyalready 2003

  • The chickens, he found, had had the sense to go to roost before time; both Brownie and the cat were safe indoor; they could look out for themselves, but the gentle, fawn-like Jersey

    The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives Elizabeth Strong Worthington

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