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How to use face in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb, adverb

Face means the front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area. Example: “That girl has a pretty face.”

Examples of face by meaning

nounThe front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

  • That girl has a pretty face.
  • The monkey pressed its face against the railings.
  • The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

nounOne's facial expression.

  • Why the sad face?

nounA distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.

  • Children! Stop making faces at each other!

nounThe amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.

  • MAKE Money-wholesale U.S. stamps—buy mint stamps below face.1966 November, “Classified Opportunity Mart: Stamp Collecting [advertisement]”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 189, number 5, page 229
  • With certain exceptions for valuable stamps, dealers and many collectors are only willing to offer a percentage of face (80-90%).1995 January 18, Ed Jackson, “Re: US sheets -- Sell for how much?”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet)
  • Talking about buying below face, I've bought a lot of rolled coins at below face.2005 March 16, Cliff, “Re: This sounds like a newbie question....”, in rec.collecting.coins (Usenet)

nounThe mouth.

  • Shut your face!
  • He's always stuffing his face with chips.

nounMakeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.

  • I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face.

nounPublic image; outward appearance.

  • Our chairman is the face of this company.
  • He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.
  • As the film points out, the actor became known as “the face of Aids”.2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, “The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

nounShameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.

  • You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.

More sentences with face

  • His face went ablush after realizing he had spoken out of turn.From the entry ablush
  • His face fit his roles: now smiling, now earnest, now glowering, now raging.From the entry now
  • The exposed workers had some kind of disease that left their skin splotchy and their faces withered.From the entry disease
  • The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.From the entry twenty
  • How are we all tonight? Have we got our happy faces on?From the entry our
  • Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.From the entry answer
  • He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.From the entry mine
  • He ratted a vertical line on his face with a pocket knife.From the entry rat
  • Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.From the entry bear
  • I caught her by the arm and turned her to face me.From the entry catch
  • If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.From the entry lie
  • She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.From the entry dead
  • She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed.From the entry narrow
  • With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.From the entry heavy
  • He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes.From the entry stab
  • The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain.From the entry stab
  • The surprising blast of cold water on my face was a tremendous shock.From the entry shock
  • She's leaving because she faced numerous problems to do with racism.From the entry problem
  • Build your pyramid with all cards face down, except the cards in the bottom row.From the entry pyramid
  • These two will face off tonight in the Octagon. Don't miss it!From the entry octagon
  • She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands.From the entry bury
  • During this scene, the boy’s face shifts subtly from soft focus into sharp focus.From the entry focus
  • Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.From the entry reply
  • You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.From the entry wipe
  • Put the card face down, and don't turn it over until I say so.From the entry over

Meaning of face

  1. noun The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
  2. noun One's facial expression.
  3. noun A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.

Full definition of face

Questions about face in a sentence

How do you use face in a sentence?
Face is used as a noun, verb and adverb. For example: “That girl has a pretty face.”
What is a short sentence with face?
“Shut your face!”
What does face mean?
Face means the front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: face (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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