baby face
noun
plural baby faces
1
: a usually rounded face that gives the impression of extreme youth and innocence
2
professional wrestling
: a wrestler who performs the role of the sympathetic protagonist in a staged wrestling match
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What our gifter says: There’s truly nothing cuter than a bunch of baby faces all over socks.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
When Wilson’s lanky frame and baby face graced the big screen, the room erupted.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Standing way back in the pines on the only hole Augusta National lengthened for this Masters stood a towering man with a baby face and a naive disposition.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
Beauty-store barbarian Sephora tweens stampeding through skin-care aisles and slathering their baby faces in retinol?
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
According to Lucie Greene, a trend forecaster for Light Years, much of our gawking is driven by a primal impulse to search nepo baby faces for recognizable genetic similarities and contrasts with their famous parents, and to praise or shame them accordingly.
—Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
And much of the film’s success lies in the vast spectrum of emotions playing across lead actor Mia McKenna-Bruce’s baby face.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2024
And families that had hoped for a baby face excruciating heartache when the pregnancy goes wrong and doctors are barred from helping.
—Elizabeth Warren, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2024
The teddy-bear effect: does having a baby face benefit black chief executive officers?
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
When Wilson’s lanky frame and baby face graced the big screen, the room erupted.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Standing way back in the pines on the only hole Augusta National lengthened for this Masters stood a towering man with a baby face and a naive disposition.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
Beauty-store barbarian Sephora tweens stampeding through skin-care aisles and slathering their baby faces in retinol?
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
According to Lucie Greene, a trend forecaster for Light Years, much of our gawking is driven by a primal impulse to search nepo baby faces for recognizable genetic similarities and contrasts with their famous parents, and to praise or shame them accordingly.
—Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
And much of the film’s success lies in the vast spectrum of emotions playing across lead actor Mia McKenna-Bruce’s baby face.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2024
And families that had hoped for a baby face excruciating heartache when the pregnancy goes wrong and doctors are barred from helping.
—Elizabeth Warren, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2024
The teddy-bear effect: does having a baby face benefit black chief executive officers?
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
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“Baby face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20face. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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