familiar face

noun

: a person that one knows
It's good to see a familiar face.

Examples of familiar face in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lining up for the Bavarians was the all too familiar face of England striker Harry Kane, who consistently haunted the Gunners during his nine years playing for Tottenham Hotspur. Matias Grez, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024 She’s become a familiar face, greeted with smiles and waves from the officials working at the scene not far from the wreckage. USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024 But while those three characters from the original Walking Dead series were at the forefront of the present-day action, there was another TWD familiar face who surprisingly showed up. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2024 Kish has been a familiar face to the franchise since her 2012 win, expanding her TV horizon’s by hosting the Netflix update of Iron Chef and National Geographic’s Restaurants at the End of the World. Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024 The Academy Awards presented another full circle moment for Downey when Oppenheimer swept Best Picture - with a familiar face at the microphone. Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024 Boyle, an expert in aperiodic tilings who lived in Toronto at the time and is now at the University of Edinburgh, was a familiar face on those shuttle rides, which often got stuck in heavy traffic. Ben Brubaker, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2024 That includes Morgan Freeman, a comfortingly familiar face who brings buckets of empathy to his role of Dr. Cole, the sage old counselor who oversees the group therapy sessions Merit has been court-mandated to attend. Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024 With her softly rounded features and kind eyes, Blanc has long been a familiar face in France, working steadily across film, television and theater. Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024

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“Familiar face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/familiar%20face. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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