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deep-set

[ deep-set ]

adjective

  1. placed far in:

    a face with deep-set eyes under bushy brows.



deep-set

adjective

  1. (of the eyes) deeply set into the face


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Word History and Origins

Origin of deep-set1

First recorded in 1830–35

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Example Sentences

And there is a deep set of cultural, psychological views that are manifest through this double standard.

Payback against those accused of practicing sorcery is a deep-set custom in some parts of the ethnically diverse nation.

His scraggly beard was thrust forward aggressively, and his deep-set eyes fairly blazed between narrowed lids.

Spread out on one of the steep slopes of the Dart, it overlooks the deep-set river toward the sea.

The deep-set eyes of the soldier glowed with an unnatural fire, and he was muttering to himself, as if in delirium.

He had a square, rigid-boned face, and deep-set dark grey eyes, and a good head of black hair threaded with silver.

He raised himself again, fixing his strange deep-set gaze upon her.

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