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Behind him were the waxen-faced officer and the black-uniformed guards.
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I would like to see how waxen-faced Priscilla Presley fares.
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Behind him were the waxen-faced officer and the black-uniformed guards.
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The color is already beginning to bleach from the scene as a waxen-faced German officer questions his age.
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Nine hours later, a British rescue boat picked up the ten waxen-faced crewmen.
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Nine hours later, a British rescue boat picked up the ten waxen-faced crewmen.
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He looked over at the table where Lewin still sat huddled under his coat, waxen-faced, shrunken somehow.
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Behind him were the waxen-faced officer and the black-uniformed guards.
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They were Jews, waxen-faced, their thin bodies bent with fatigue.
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A dark, waxen-faced young man who seems asleep, whose arms hang limp, whose fingers curl in.
relishandbeans commented on the word waxen-faced
A face pale or smooth as wax
July 9, 2014