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Common collocations with face in American Collocation

face noun countable

US /feɪs/

looking pale

ashen
pale
pallid
sallow
white

She looked anything but healthy with her pale face and deep-set eyes.

describing the shape of a face

chubby
heart-shaped
oval
round
thin

He had a thin face and hollow cheeks.

describing the expression on a face

beaming
blank
contorted
expressionless
expressive
impassive
smiling

Her face was contorted with anger.

He raised his head to see more, and saw the smiling face of Tom.

with lines

lined
wrinkled

This woman is evidently old, which can be read from her hunched posture and wrinkled face.

attractive

handsome
pretty

She was a small girl with wiry black hair and a pretty face.

looking tired or ill

haggard
pinched

A pale and haggard face looked back at me.

with freckles

freckled

Amy had a sweet freckled face and looked too young to be consumed by such grief.

with a beard

bearded

I can picture his bearded face from the newspaper.

red

flushed
red

Her face was red and blotchy with tears.

This is a photo of me when I was a fresh-faced boy.

become red

flush
redden

Her face flushed at the slight awkwardness of the meeting.

look more cheerful

brighten
light up

I put the rod in his hand and when he caught a fish his face lit up.

look serious

darken

He looked down at the body and his face darkened.