Facial Details
Facial Details
- A blemish on the ridge of his nose stood out like a connecting point between his eyebrows, like a town on a map —Bobbie Ann Mason
- Blues under his eyes like chain links —Saul Bellow
- The bones on his face stuck out like knobs under his skin —Gloria Norris
- Busted blood vessels in the nose and across his cheeks look like a precinct map of the city —Robert Campbell
- The dimple in her chin is like a tiny keyhole —Joan Chase
- Dimples that looked as if they had been poked into her cheeks by a mischievous finger —Rex Beach
- Ears as sharp as a fox —MacDonald Harris
A commonly used variation: “Ears like a fox.”
- Ears like bat’s wings —Aharon Megged
- Ears like jug handles —Borden Deal
- Ears like pointed spears —David Ignatow
- Ears … pendulous scarlet ears that showed up like blobs of sealing wax on the pallor of his cheeks and were framed in wisps of silky white hair —Albert Camus
- Ears sticking out like tabs he might be picked up and shaken by —Eudora Welty
- (Large) ears … stuck out like wings —Leo Tolstoy
- Freckled, as if she’d been sprinkled with nutmeg —Eudora Welty
- (A mask of) freckles laid like a veil across his nose —Ben Ames Williams
- Freckles like rust spots —Willa Cather
- Freckles like specks of nutmeg on his cheeks —Sharon Olds
- (Nose bridged with) freckles like splotches of huge summer rain on the sidewalk —William Faulkner
- Freckles lingered just below the skin, like a thin wash of gold —Elizabeth Spencer
- A gash as thick as a cigarette —T. Glen Coughlin
- His nose was very short, just like a baby’s, and he had a long blue upper lip, like a priest —Joyce Cary
See Also: NOSES
- A mole like a tiny cameo —Eudora Welty
- (She brushed at the) mole that spotted her cheek like a tear —Truman Capote
- Pimples big as candy corn —Ira Wood
- Pimples … shone like the sun trying to come out —Sharon Sheehe Stark
- Red pimples spread across her forehead like strawberry jam —Alice McDermott
See Also: FOREHEAD
- Scars … like claw marks —Louise Erdrich
- A scar … that twained his face from forehead to chin, like a portrait sliced in half —Davis Grubb
- Scratches on his face like a cat had fought him hard for every one of its lives —O. Henry
- The shadows under my eyes were like a pair of leathery wings —Jean Thompson
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.