war paint
noun
1
: paint put on parts of the body (such as the face) by American Indians as a sign of going to war
2
Examples of war paint in a Sentence
a picture of a chief dressed in a headdress and war paint
She piled on the war paint.
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New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2025
Their textured human faces, complete with war paint and a five-o’-clock shadow, were mercilessly rendered into a few similarly shaded squares.
—Yussef Cole, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Military news stories throughout the Iraq war paint a similarly sanguine picture.
—Andrew Shaver, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2015
In the song’s video, Giz sings to the camera with his face covered in pink war paint, matching his breathtaking pink suit accentuated by blue and green feathers.
—Millan Verma, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
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New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2025
Their textured human faces, complete with war paint and a five-o’-clock shadow, were mercilessly rendered into a few similarly shaded squares.
—Yussef Cole, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Military news stories throughout the Iraq war paint a similarly sanguine picture.
—Andrew Shaver, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2015
In the song’s video, Giz sings to the camera with his face covered in pink war paint, matching his breathtaking pink suit accentuated by blue and green feathers.
—Millan Verma, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
See All Example Sentences for war paint
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“War paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20paint. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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