make a long face

Example Sentences

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Oh, Worry, you and Mac always make a long face over things.

From The Young Pitcher by Grey, Zane

I must say you are the only young member of the family—you were the only one who did not make a long face when I spoke of my love for that rogue.

From Parisian Points of View by Matthews, Edith V. B.

Stub," she brought out jerkily, between her sudden choking sobs, "I did n't make a long face and tell Desire 'whom God hath joined'--I--I tried to appeal to her common sense.

From The Preliminaries And Other Stories by Comer, Cornelia A. P.