greasepaint

Example Sentences

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He picked clowns, including Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who has a pair of the biggest shoes and some of the thickest greasepaint in the highly competitive field of authoritarian buffoons of the GOP.

From Salon

When Ma sings, resplendent in her gold teeth and greasepaint makeup, the aches and joys of living reverberate within her all at once.

From Los Angeles Times

First seen weaving through a row of empty chairs, booming out the names of Welsh towns he visited on his healing tours, he exudes the stale aroma of an old-time vaudevillian’s greasepaint.

From New York Times

Mao is 6 years old and swaddled in a heavy kimono, her face covered in the thick white greasepaint of a Kabuki actor.

From New York Times

By donning the white greasepaint to play the title character of Todd Phillips’s “Joker,” the three-time Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix has joined a surprisingly elite squad of actors to tackle the role.

From New York Times