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
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Upon applying war paint-like ash to her face, Teonna fills a pillow case with a literal stack of bibles.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2023
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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
On stage, drag artist Aphrodite Banks is a femme fatale: Caked in war paint, with a waterfall of braids whipping around her waist, she’s possessed of the white-hot glare and forthright confidence to match her Amazonian height and bearing.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2023
Upon applying war paint-like ash to her face, Teonna fills a pillow case with a literal stack of bibles.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2023
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 10 Sep. 2025.
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