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Examples of face card in a Sentence
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Best Supporting Actor — Charles Melton (May December) Charles Melton’s face card?
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2024
Celebs gifted us with non-stop moments of their never-declining face cards over the weekend.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 22 Jan. 2024
Queens Corner The veteran actresses show off their exquisite face cards while at the BAFTAs in London on Feb. 19. Smooches for Bestie Curtis lays a sweet smooch on Yeoh's head in this candid moment captured at the BAFTAs.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2023
Cut to the face card where her alluring makeup offsets the glitzy garb.
—Essence Beauty Editors, Essence, 12 Oct. 2022
Anytime the award-winning actress crosses our feeds it’s either for a stellar performance, those ever-aspirational arms or because the face card continues to be top tier.
—Blake Newby, Essence, 28 Feb. 2022
Also note: Rihanna served this look and her face card in the middle of a winter storm.
—Ana Escalante, Glamour, 31 Jan. 2022
Players flip over cards one-by-one, taking turns around the table and trying to get a win by playing a face card and scooping the pile up.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2020
Twelve cards remain hidden, out of a starting deck of 22 that contained only face cards, 10s and two jokers.
—Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1804, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near face card
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“Face card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face%20card. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
face card
noun
: a king, queen, or jack in a deck of cards
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