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How to use visage in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Visage means countenance; one's face. Example: “Snowflakes fell gently across the mountain’s rugged visage.”

Examples of visage by meaning

nounThe appearance or aspect of something, especially when expressive or distinctive.

  • Snowflakes fell gently across the mountain’s rugged visage.

More sentences with visage

  • His seedy, dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.From the entry seedy
  • His hollow-eyed visage showed he'd been tortured with fear.From the entry hollow-eyed
  • He briefly rockabyed the tallow-colored visage in his arms, then with sudden unconcern handed it to Murph.1995, Benjamin Taylor, Tales Out of School, Turtle Point Press, page 152. From the entry rockabye
  • His wrinkled, crimson-splattered visage still strains, a jagged-toothed rictus trying to cry out.1993, Wolfenstein 3D, scene: after defeating Hitler (episode 3), level/area: 9. From the entry rictus
  • These ancients believed Janus, by nature of his dual visages, looked backward at what had been and forward to the future.2023 December 27, Reda Wigle, “Here’s the New Year’s resolution each zodiac sign should stick to”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News…. From the entry pinky-promise
  • Victor, who wears glasses herself on occasion, scoffs at the idea of hiding the be-glassed visage under a brimmed hat.1939 November 12, Isabella Taves, “Glamour with Glasses”, in The Detroit Free Press, 109th year, number 192, part three, page 10. From the entry be-glassed
  • This is a coy way of describing a bulbous false proboscis that makes Tom Mannion's visage look, shall we say, very well-hung.1992 September 26, Paul Taylor, “Theatre: Who're you looking at, Jacques?: Communicado's Glaswegian production of Rostand's Cyrano de…. From the entry wedding tackle
  • He jerked off the upper part of the rough coverlet and exposed a visage that caused Mr Carlyle to turn away with a "Tch, tch!" of emotion.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry tch
  • The royal countenance was of such power (deriving from his kinship with the sun and moon), the direct sight of his visage could cause one to be consumed by fire.2006, Kathryn L. Reyerson, Theofanis G. Stavrou, James D. Tracy, editors, Pre-Modern Russia and its World: Essays in Honor of Thomas S.…. From the entry šâh

Meaning of visage

  1. noun Countenance; one's face.
  2. noun The appearance or aspect of something, especially when expressive or distinctive.

Full definition of visage

Questions about visage in a sentence

How do you use visage in a sentence?
Visage is used as a noun. For example: “Snowflakes fell gently across the mountain’s rugged visage.”
What is a short sentence with visage?
“Snowflakes fell gently across the mountain’s rugged visage.”
What does visage mean?
Visage means countenance; one's face.

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