"Frown on" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at one another in silence, then cast their eyes to the stone-paved court, all too shamed-faced to attempt reply to what all knew was the truth. The Baron, a deep frown on his brow, gazed sternly at the chap-fallen group.... "Such was the effect of the first shaft shot by good Abbot Ambrose, what will be the result ...
— The Strong Arm • Robert Barr
... habit of calling upon some trustee to speak at the close of the exercises— usually Mr. Semple— and then there was a little social time before the assemblage broke up. But the frown on the chairman's face did not suggest that that gentleman had anything very jovial to say at the moment, and the teacher closed the exercises herself in a few words that were not at all personal to ...
— Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill • Alice B. Emerson
... The Rhadamanthine frown on Dwight's face yielded to a very composite expression, a look in which chagrin, tenderness, and a barely perceptible trace of amusement mingled. The girl instantly had her arms around his neck, and ...
— The Duke of Stockbridge • Edward Bellamy
... silence. Martha was in tears, at the recital of the misery which was endured by the inhabitants of Jerusalem; Simon sat with his face covered with his hands; John had scarce moved, since the rabbi had begun his story, but sat with a heavy frown on his face, looking straight before him; while Mary anxiously watched him, to see the effect ...
— For the Temple - A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem • G. A. Henty
... out into the corridor, and on passing Nejdanov was again struck by that painful frown on his forehead and passed her pocket-handkerchief over it ...
— Virgin Soil • Ivan S. Turgenev
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