Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a nose resembling the beak of a hawk.
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Examples
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Amid gritty v é rit é details, Mr. Tapa follows the hawk-nosed Dilawar Mohamad Imran Tapa, a sympathetic 17-year-old pickpocket whose scuffling life stifles dreams of escape.
Chewing on Love and Loss Steve Dollar 2011
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Aunt Fay glanced at the hawk-nosed doctor, who nodded encouragingly.
When Rose Wakes Christopher Golden 2010
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Curiosity eventually overcame caution, and the tortoise thrust its head out of its shell, its wrinkled neck giving it the appearance of a hawk-nosed retiree.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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Curiosity eventually overcame caution, and the tortoise thrust its head out of its shell, its wrinkled neck giving it the appearance of a hawk-nosed retiree.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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A more romantic commercial adventure, more visionary yet ultimately more practicable, presented itself in the person of John Ledyard, a hawk-nosed seaman and adventurer who had sailed with Captain James Cook on his last trip around the globe.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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“Mrs. DuBois,” the hawk-nosed doctor said, “Rose needs her rest.”
When Rose Wakes Christopher Golden 2010
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There is an old man — bright-eyed and hawk-nosed, who makes the daily trek to a ragged garden overlooking the sea.
Moonlit Mariposa 2010
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The hawk-nosed doctor gestured to the nurse, who hurried away and returned a moment later with a small cup of melting ice chips.
When Rose Wakes Christopher Golden 2010
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The hawk-nosed doctor said something to her aunts in that same unfamiliar language.
When Rose Wakes Christopher Golden 2010
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Two of the doctors—the hawk-nosed man and the ebony-skinned woman—stood by the open door talking quietly.
When Rose Wakes Christopher Golden 2010
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