masklike

Example Sentences

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His masklike “Head of a Woman” from 1907—painted in preparation to create his iconic “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”—sold for $14.4 million, over its $8 million high estimate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Typically fever is accompanied by cognitive changes, headache and vomiting, and sometimes seizures or a masklike face, indicative of harm to the same neurons that are damaged in Parkinson’s disease.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 21, 2023

The first piece sold on Chain/Saw, “Colors of the Inside” by French 3-D artist Benjamin Lemoine, is a 14-second video clip of a masklike face being colorfully punctured from within.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2021

Who’s ever thought of Mr. Huxley, with his discreetly masklike face, as an actor before?

From New York Times • May 25, 2015

Lady Constance’s expression was cool and masklike once more.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood