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ascetic-looking

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  • The Commissioner, ascetic-looking, an Oxford graduate, narrow-shouldered and elderly, tired-eyed and bespectacled like the scholar he was, like the scientist he was, shrugged his shoulders.

    CHAPTER XXIV 2010

  • The next man–willowy and ascetic-looking–I did not know but the fourth seemed very familiar.

    The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

  • In contrast, his companion, a lean, ascetic-looking man wearing black with a clerical collar, appeared to be in an advanced state of the jitters.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • In contrast, his companion, a lean, ascetic-looking man wearing black with a clerical collar, appeared to be in an advanced state of the jitters.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • The next man–willowy and ascetic-looking–I did not know but the fourth seemed very familiar.

    The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

  • He was a tall, ascetic-looking man, with shiny black hair and a scrolled and waxed mustache, like the one worn by the legendary Confederate naval officer Raphael Sims.

    Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

  • He was a tall, ascetic-looking man, with shiny black hair and a scrolled and waxed mustache, like the one worn by the legendary Confederate naval officer Raphael Sims.

    Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

  • In his place a familiar tall, dark-haired, ascetic-looking figure walked into the room.

    A Darker Place King, Laurie R. 1999

  • According to Lieutenant Thomas Cruse, who met with the medicine man during the crisis that was about to unfold, His face—very light in color for an Apache—was drawn and ascetic-looking.

    Once They Moved Like the Wind David Roberts 1994

  • According to Lieutenant Thomas Cruse, who met with the medicine man during the crisis that was about to unfold, His face—very light in color for an Apache—was drawn and ascetic-looking.

    Once They Moved Like the Wind David Roberts 1994

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