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greasepaint

[ UK /ɡɹˈiːspe‍ɪnt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a greasy substance used as makeup by actors

How To Use greasepaint In A Sentence

  • He also took to donning a white greasepaint visage, designed to mimic the pallor of 13 th-century plague victims.
  • But if the smell of greasepaint proves irresistible the stage is near at hand.
  • This is the APAture event's first blog; it's also a liveblog, that is to say, I will be posting here live during the APAture events, describing the smell of the greasepaint and roar of the crowd. APAture Live
  • Wells proves an excellent researcher, concerned not only to evoke the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd, but also to itemise and describe the fashion-driven merchandise of the day.
  • His nose was red but his grin was tired, like a clown without greasepaint.
  • He used to have a terrifying actor's nightmare in which the greasepaint slid off his face.
  • I was a child who, when taken to the circus, spent all her time trying to see past the greasepaint and illusion.
  • Groucho, who had taken to wearing a fake greasepaint moustache in vaudeville, refused to grow a real one for the cameras.
  • Covered with greasepaint and standing motionless for an hour, two young people act as statuesque models to earn money.
  • If your career is on the way down, panto is a celebrity safety net, one last greasepaint refuge where you can still revel in audience adulation.
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