fresh-faced

adjective

: having a young, healthy, and innocent appearance
fresh-faced young students

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Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, in which a fresh-faced McConaughey appears as Wooderson, the guy who graduated years back but still hangs with the high-school kids, is that kind of teen movie: eternally jubilance-inspiring. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025 The casting process was long, but Thiele ultimately landed a spot alongside a fresh-faced ensemble of stand-ups, TikTokers and Second City vets. Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025 Lindbergh, the tall, fresh-faced Midwesterner, embodied a new American archetype: the Lone Eagle. David Rooney june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025 Her crew were mostly recent film-school graduates, young and fresh-faced, working on bare-bones sets built for a fraction of the movie’s budget, a mere $250,000. Joshua Hunt, Vulture, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fresh-faced

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“Fresh-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fresh-faced. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

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