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brow
/ ʊ /
noun
the part of the face from the eyes to the hairline; forehead
short for eyebrow
the expression of the face; countenance
a troubled brow
the top of a mine shaft; pithead
the jutting top of a hill, etc
dialecta steep slope on a road
Word History and Origins
Origin of brow1
Word History and Origins
Origin of brow1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Frequently, she’s shown smoldering with fury or dark intent, gazing up from under her brows with a lowered chin, something Moss says she lifted from Stanley Kubrick’s films.
Hine’s tousled little boy, who looks forlornly into the camera with scowling dark eyes beneath a furrowed brow, likely had no such liberating choice.
Back in 2015, when I lived there, even a mention of a tuna melt drew a furrowed brow.
But, admittedly, the most cringe-worthy attempt at low brow humor came last week when the Trump administration paraded a crime-victim’s mother through the briefing room.
The 44-year-old is an effusive storyteller who delights in the details as she grins broadly or furrows her brow in thought.
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