colorless face

Frequency: 5.01.8 per million words

Used to describe a person's pale face, often due to fear, shock, or illness.

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Examples (10)

  • When he heard the news, his normally cheerful expression was replaced by a colorless face.
  • She lay in the hospital bed, her colorless face a stark contrast to the bright white pillows.
  • After working for 24 hours straight, the exhausted doctor had a tired, colorless face.
  • The ghost appeared at the window, its colorless face and hollow eyes staring into the room.
  • He looked up at me, his face colorless and his hands trembling from shock.
  • The nurse noted the patient's weak pulse and colorless face in the medical chart.
  • A loud crash from upstairs left him with a colorless face, frozen in terror.
  • Emerging from the icy water, his face was colorless and his lips were blue.
  • Waiting for the verdict, her face was colorless with anxiety.
  • He was a quiet man with a thin, colorless face that rarely showed any emotion.