How to use "face" in a sentence

The Captain's face changed

I saw in his face that he did understand Ned Land

This smile went from ear to ear on its face.

'Its face is changing, everything is changing! Oh! It's not a baby any more, it's a pig!'

The Queen's face got redder and redder

The King's face went white.

And who do you think I saw in the school cafe? Jenny Curran! She was all grown-up now, with pretty black hair, long legs, and a beautiful face

He had a strange look on his face, and he came and told me to put on my football suit

She had a big smile on her face, and she held my hand.

Then all the colour went out of Bubba's face and he said something very softly: 'Home.'

They were shouting unpleasant things, and then somebody threw a tomato at Colonel Gooch and it hit him in the face

I looked in the mirror and saw lines on my face and grey in my hair

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream

They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them

In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties

More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return

This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously

We face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of national unity; with the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious moral values; with the clean satisfaction that comes from the stern performance of duty by old and young alike

The glass cut his forehead and blood began to flow down his face

Mr Slinkton took out his handkerchief and dried his face

He spoke calmly, but his face was white.

When she met her friend Amelia Palmer on September 2nd and 3rd she showed her the black eye and a bruise on her face

When McCarthy looked through the window, his face turned pale

Mrs Darrell did not see his face, so her impression that he was a darklooking foreigner aged over forty is not certain.

Hutchinson said the man was aged about 34-35, just over 1.67m, with a pale face, dark eyes and hair and a small moustache

The killer's terrible mutilation of Mary Kelly's face suggests that he knew her well

A leather cap half-hid his face, which was sunburnt and shining with sweat

'The man is in rags and has an evil look on his face

Jean Valjean's face, which had been hard and fierce, suddenly softened

Valjean gazed down at the bishop's gentle, sleeping face, and felt a kind of terror

Early the next morning, while the bishop was studying the flowers in his garden, Mme Magloire ran out of the house with a look of alarm on her face.

Then, his heart full of grief for what he had done, he buried his face in his hands and, for the first time in nineteen years, he cried.

Their mother - a big, red-haired woman with a plain face - sat on the doorstep of the inn, watching them.

The man's face finally appeared in the doorway.

One winter's evening, a toothless woman with a grey face and flowers in her hair was arrested for attacking a man in the street

'Very soon,' he would reply, and her pale face would light up with joy.

She was breathing with great difficulty, but her face looked peaceful and calm

But suddenly her face froze, and she stared with horror at the door

He turned again to Fantine and looked for one last time at her sad, pale face and empty, blue eyes

'Oh!' Madame Thenardiers face brightened

Then, as her eyes adjusted to the light, she saw the kind old face of Jean Valjean looking down at her, and she relaxed.

Now, he discovered the greatest joy he had ever known by just standing beside her bed and looking at her innocent, trusting little face

The beggar raised his face and stared hard at Valjean for just a second, then quickly bowed his head

Although he had only seen the beggar's face for a second, it had seemed strangely familiar.

The man, who was perhaps sixty, had white hair and a serious but friendly-looking face

She had soft brown hair, pale, smooth skin, deep blue eyes and a lovely smile that lit up her face like sunshine.

He felt his face go red and his heart beat loudly in his chest

And his face went pale

Marius felt the blood leave his face

With those words he slammed the door in Marius's face.

In the bright mist that clouded his vision, Marius could hardly see the features of the sweet face that had lit his life for six months and had then disappeared, filling his life with darkness

'Is that what you want?' she said, a disappointed look on her face.

Marius sat down and buried his face in his hands, too overcome by emotion to think clearly

The desk clerk showed him into the police chief's office, where a tall man with a wide face and a thin, tight mouth was trying to keep warm next to a tire.

She stared at Marius with a look of pleasure on her pale face, and for some moments seemed unable to speak.

His dark clothes were almost invisible in the shadows, and his face shone softly in the fading light

She looked up at him, her pale face lined with misery.

I wear a cheap hat, my jacket has lost half its buttons and there are holes in my boots.' He turned away from her and stood with his face pressed to the trunk of a tree, almost ready to faint

Gillenormand's face, and the servant began to worry that his master was ill

Nothing of him was clearly visible except his face, which was calm and serious, but strangely sad.

'Oh my God,' the old man cried, burying his face in his hands

There was a tall, grey-haired man whom nobody knew, but whose strong, brave face had impressed everybody

A white face was turned towards him and the voice asked, 'Do you recognize me? It's Eponine.'

Javert buttoned his coat, straightened his shoulders and, with a puzzled look on his face, began to walk off in the direction of the market

He laid Marius down gently at the edge of the sewer, and looked down at his face

Valjean laid Marius gently on the grass and stood up, surrounded by silence, enjoying the feeling of fresh air on his face

Then, just as he was bending to splash water from the river on Marius's face, he was aware of someone else standing behind him

Although the man's face was hidden in shadow, Valjean recognized him as Inspector Javert.

He sank into an armchair and buried his face in his hands

'You're a completely rotten man, but I'll give you this.' Marius took a banknote out of his pocket and threw it in the stranger's face.

He lay back with his head turned to the sky, the light from the two silver candlesticks falling on his smiling, peaceful face.

I raise a hand to my face and feel a short nose and a small mouth

I try to remember my face, I try to remember the colour of my hair or what my eyes look like

I remember Catherine's face, but she is not smiling like she is in the picture, and her blue eyes look scared and desperate

It is the face of a man

An ordinary face with small dark eyes and dirty brown hair

There is nothing cruel about the face, but I know instantly that this is the man that has Catherine, and I hate that face with all of my heart.

"You idiots! This is an investment bank! There's no money here! Everything is done by transfer." And he looks at us all like we are children, with that arrogant expression on his face

I can see sweat on Hastings' face now, but it is on mine too

Beethoven fills the silence again, and I look at Robin and see that there is sweat on his face too, but Hastings does not move.

The attendant has a hard face and fierce red hair

No more listening to that awful laugh, no more looking at her boring face

"Yes, closer! Help me!" he shouts, and it is then that he sees the strange expression on her face again

"He wants to kill me." Branwell says nothing but watches the woman's face

And for the first time in a week, Gerry relaxes and lets his anxious, pale face smile.

His face is bearded, and his eyes are full of violence and pain

And Big Jones looks up at him and is about to shout when suddenly he looks behind Gerry, and the colour disappears from his face.

Sunglasses on his face

And he begins to imagine Nick's face when he sees the bag, and he already begins to imagine the food that he can buy.

Then he hears the man shout, and he looks up and sees his angry face running towards him through the crowd.

Her long blonde hair is elegant and her face full of classical beauty

"Please be seated!" says the judge, a woman of about forty years of age with a serious face and tone

Mrs Dawson was bleeding from her nose and mouth; she also had marks on her face

The feeling of the sun on his face is good, and the taste of the smoke is even better

She stands near to him, and he can see the tears in her eyes and the sad expression on her face, but this time he knows it is not real.

Is it my fault she is so stupid? So easy to manipulate? A little bit of blood on my face, a few tears, a fake story about him hitting me

And then you can see his face, and you realise that he looks more afraid than you do, and he is stepping quickly backwards to the stairs

He pulls the collar of his stolen coat up to cover his face, and he checks that no one can see the grey prison uniform that he is still wearing beneath it.

As he does not want them to see his face, he pulls open the left door to the box and enters.

Barry tries to see the face through the grille, but there is only a dark shape.

"I hope you die and rot in the desert!" she shouted, blood still on her face

He tries not to remember the expression on Greg's face as the bullet hit him in the back.

Outside they can see the renovation work: there is scaffolding on the face of the old building, a new wall on the side of it, and three or four workmen are sitting on a bench eating lunch.

What a beauty, hey, lad?" And he looks to his son, Owen Junior, and he wants to see a smile on the boy's pale face, but, like always, there is nothing but disinterest.

No, this time the sun is high and hot, and this time Owen has his old guns over his shoulder, and he remembers the way that Junior's expressionless face changed when he saw them the night before.

And Hank takes Jimmy's face in his hands

Then he laughs, and the two assistants laugh, and then the back of Hank's hand slaps Jimmy's face hard

She cannot see his face because he has the hood of his sports jacket up, but he seems to be asleep, and there is something about his face that she does not like

Is he watching her? She looks again and, yes, his hood is still covering his face, but she is sure that his eyes are focused on her.

"You should put some water on your face

The letters PA appeared, followed by the face of a young woman.

She wrapped her arms around him and buried her face in his neck

She had a hat pulled low over her face, so it was partly hidden, but Sala could just see her green eyes.

Sala could see from her face that it hurt her to move like that

Gran looked down at the strange gift, and to Sala's surprise, her face went deathly pale

The color was beginning to come back into Gran's face now

"I know." Sala thought of Cham's face when he left her, and felt uneasy

His face on her virtual interface looked worried

thinking." The color rose in his face

Cham's face brightened

As soon as Cham's face disappeared, she suddenly remembered: Gran's story! She'd forgotten to tell him about it in the end.

Climbing is thirsty work." But there was something odd in his voice again, and a strange expression on his face

A message - from Cham! His smiling face, saying simply: "Can you come to mine?" Sala's heart flooded with happiness

Sala studied his face

Zee guided Sala into her pod; the door closed, and she could feel the cool metal attachments touching her face and her body suit

A gentle wave splashed her face

She couldn't believe it - she was face to face with a beautiful gray dolphin

She looked deep into its eyes, and reached out to touch its face

Then a face she had seen before

Zee's face.

She buried her face in her hands, and burst into tears.

Sala looked at Cham's face

"Can you meet me now at the simulator center? I want to talk face to face

Sala splashed some cold water on her face to wake herself up, and then hurried to the simulator center

Then she sat down and covered her face with her hands

Then realization crossed her face

Cham's face appeared on her virtual interface almost at once

It was so wonderful to see his face again

Then his face clouded over

We were given exercises to practice, so that if we were caught, we could stay strong." She looked at Sala's face.

As a huge smile of delight spread over his face, she felt suddenly weak all over.

"Oh! That's fantastic!" Cham got out of his chair and hugged her, burying his face in her hair

His face was pale and his dark eyes had a sad, lost look

There was a strange, faraway look on his face

My unhappiness must have shown on my face.

She laughed unpleasantly at my sad face

I washed my face with cold water and came out of the bathroom at once

'You haven't got a cold, have you?' said Mrs Van Hopper when she saw my face.

He saw the look on my face

An old man with a kind face came down the steps.

Her pale, thin face was hard

There was some colour in her pale face now

Frank Crawley was a thin man with a pleasant, worried face

Beatrice looked at my surprised face and laughed.

I held Maxim's arm and looked up into his face

As we walked along the path, drops of rain fell on my hands and face

Maxim looked down at me, smiling at the surprise on my face.

His face was fat and round and he had thick, red lips.

Maxim's face was white

Maxim's face was hard

When the servants had gone, I looked at Maxim's face

She stopped, her face rather red

Frank turned away from me so that I could not see his face.

His face was half amused, half angry.

His face was dark with anger and his voice was hard.

Maxim took my face in his hands.

His whole body was shaking with fear and tears were rolling down his fat, round face.

He was a big, handsome man, but his face was red and his eyes were a hard blue

I went to the bed and held the nightdress to my face

I shall never forget the look on her face

She came nearer and I could feel her breath on my face.

Your face is pale, too

'My face is always pale.'

Her face was grey with anger and the look in her eyes frightened me

His face was white and his mouth hard

I found Clarice waiting for me in my bedroom, her face full of excitement

His face was completely white

I shall never forget the terrible look on her face

When she saw my face, Clarice started to cry.

I walked back to the dressing-table and looked at my white face and red eyes in the mirror

Then slowly I washed my face and combed my hair

I knew her tall, slim figure, her small face and clear white skin

They poured down my face as I spoke.

There were dark shadows on her white face.

And all the time, the real Mrs de Winter, with her smile and her lovely face is lying cold and dead in the church.'

Mrs Danvers' face was twisted with pain

Mrs Danvers came close to me and put her face near to mine.

I took his hand and held it against my face.

Maxim held both my hands and looked into my face.

I stood there watching his face, watching his eyes.

Colonel Julyan, the magistrate, was a middle-aged man with a kind face and grey hair.

Maxim's face went whiter and whiter.

I saw a look of disgust come into Colonel Julyan's face.

His face was very red

We all stood watching his face.

Favell's face was grey

'I suppose she could not face the pain

Tina could see only the side of his face, but she gasped in painful recognition.

She held her breath as his face came slowly around

Each time, for a few hours after she woke, she could not face reality

His face, which was as broad and comic as that of a clown, could stretch into an endless series of rubbery expressions

As Tina stood in this beautiful theater, glancing down at the colorfully costumed people milling about on the stage, then looking at Joel's rubbery face, listening as her co-producer unblushingly raved about their handiwork, she was happier than she had been in a long time

Whoever it was, he wanted to rub her face in the tragedy that she was trying so hard to forget.

On the other hand, he was handsome, and in his face was an appealing gentleness

She was seventy, still in excellent health, a short sturdy woman with the sweet face of a Botticelli Madonna and the no-nonsense walk of an army sergeant.

A flickering, nervous scowl played across her face, alternating with a tentative smile that appeared when the audience laughed, applauded, or gasped in surprise.

Her shoulder-length hair - deep brown, almost black, glossy - swept across her brow, feathered back at the sides, and framed her face as though it were a painting by a great master

The bone structure of that face was delicate, clearly defined, quintessentially feminine

Elliot supposed that other people might find flaws in her face

To Elliot, however, her face was perfect.

From bitterness, pain, tragedy, and unrelenting sorrow, she had turned around to face a horizon lit by rising promise

She heard his frightened voice calling to her, and she peered over the edge of the pit, and he was so far below her that his face was only a tiny, pale smudge

Then a man dressed entirely in black from head to foot, his face hidden by shadows, appeared at the far side of the pit and began to shovel dirt into it

When she thought of clubbing him, he looked at her, and she saw his face: a fleshless skull with rotting skin stretched over the bones, burning red eyes, a yellow-toothed grin

Though Danny's screams were increasingly muffled, they were even more urgent than before, because the dirt began to cover his face and pour into his mouth

She had to get down to him and push the earth away from his face before he suffocated, so in blind panic she threw herself over the edge of the pit, into the terrible abyss, falling and falling-

She wiped one hand across her face, sloughing off a film of perspiration

In the bathroom, she washed her face

She'd thought the sight of her would wipe the smile off his face

His face was flushed, and there was a familiar meanness in his eyes

She couldn't see where she was going, because hot tears streamed down her face

She inspected her face in the rearview mirror to see how much damage the crying jag had done

She thought of the man in her nightmare, the man in black whose face had been lumpy with maggots, and the shadows in the corner of her office seemed darker and deeper than they had been a moment ago.

She searched his face for any sign that he was lying, but his bewilderment seemed genuine

She leaned forward, put her brandy snifter on the table, and for a moment sat with her face in her hands.

Elliot touched her face, turning it gently toward him.

She recalled the hatred in Michael's face when she'd left him a few hours ago

Without haste, with a breathless anticipation that lit up his face, he undressed her.

He lowered his face to hers

The smell of her, the vibrant blue of her eyes, the feel of her supple skin as he put a hand to her face - those things generated waves of affection and longing within him.

Harry Kennebeck had a poker face that also looked like a poker - hard and plain, dark - and it was difficult to tell if he had any sympathy whatsoever for Tina's plight

Kennebeck stood with his eyes closed and his face turned up to the warm winter sun.

The guy was about five feet eight with a narrow face and a neatly trimmed blond beard

Vince's face darkened like a slab of Spam on a hot griddle

At this indication of imminent surrender, the tall man relaxed slightly, although his lumpish face was still flushed with anger

In a day or two, someone would find him out there, his face blue-green-gray, his tongue dark and lolling, his eyes bulging in their sockets as he stared through the windshield as if on a drive to Hell

That same face

A ring of brilliant, pulsing flame was visible in there, and it bathed his face in an eerie blue light.

She left him there in the shadowy garage, his face painted by shimmering blue light, his eyes gleaming with twin reflections of fire.

In one smooth lightning-fast movement, Elliot seized the measuring cup into which he had poured four ounces of vinegar a few minutes ago, and he threw the contents in Vince's face

Elliot dropped the measuring cup and seized the gun, but Vince reflexively squeezed off a shot that breezed past Elliot's face and smashed the window behind the sink

Vince dropped to his knees, then onto his face

She felt the blood drain from her face.

But an image of crimson eyes, yellow skin - the leering face of death - flashed through her mind, and she kept moving.

He sat stiffly behind the wheel, clenching his teeth, wondering if a bullet would crack through the windshield and shatter his face.

Her face was drawn, and she was biting her lower lip.

And now, just when I'm beginning to think I can face up to it and put it behind me, I discover he might not have died accidentally after all

She glanced back toward the car, a curious expression on her face.

She had a round face, dimples, eyes that twinkled as if they had been waxed, and a Texas drawl

While she thought about what Elliot had said, she dipped one finger in the water and drew a grim mouth, a nose, and a pair of eyes in the circle; she added two horns, transforming the blot of moisture into a little demonic face

Besides, if we're face-to-face with him, we'll have a better idea of whether or not he's telling the truth

The image of Death's rotting face flashed into Tina's mind.

"Listen," she said excitedly, "we thought someone was sending me messages about Danny being alive just to rub my face in the fact that he was actually dead - or to let me know, in a roundabout fashion, that the way he died wasn't anything like what I'd been told

She slipped a hand behind his neck, holding his face close

The fine spray, propelled with tremendous pressure, caught him squarely in the face, across the nose and lips, penetrating swiftly and deeply into the nostrils

Then a wild, twisted expression of agony wrenched his face as brutal pain slammed through him

He had a well-formed face with high cheekbones, a narrow straight nose, and thin lips

Pale light from a street lamp pierced the windshield, revealing a hard-edged determination in her face, steely resolution in her blue eyes.

He didn't try to pretend otherwise with himself, no matter what face he had to present to the world

She turned, and she was looking into the grinning face of Death, as if he were peering out at her from the bowels of Hell

Her expression would have been appropriate to the face of a gypsy fortune-teller peering with a clairvoyant frown at tealeaves.

He turned it around, so the face of it was on the wrong side - the palm side - of his finger

All Sandstone did was move one hand slowly back and forth in front of Tina's face, simultaneously speaking to her in a quiet, rhythmic voice, frequently using her name.

An expression of pain settled over Billy's face, as if he were suffering genuine physical discomfort because of Elliot's belief in ghosts

Tina leaned across the corner of the table, grabbed Billy's head in her hands, pulled his face to hers, and kissed him

The new track ran a hundred yards before rising and turning sharply to the right, around the blunt face of a ridge

They were no more than six or eight feet from the lighted shack, close enough to see the guard's face as he scowled at them through the large window.

When he discovered the nature of the maps, when he realized that one of them was missing, and when he discovered that the missing map was the one Stryker would need in order to find the Project Pandora labs, Alexander felt his face flush with anger and chagrin

Hensen's face colored

His face was pale, and he was sweating.

His face was thin and sallow

Mom..." His face spasmed, and his brave smile dissolved, and an agonized groan escaped him

Shaking violently, snuffling, he put his face against her neck, and she felt his scalding tears on her skin

I began to laugh but stopped when I saw my uncle's white face.

His face was white.

I turned and was violently sick in front of a young policeman, whose face was as green as mine must have been.

did you kill it?' she whispered, her eyes searching my face.

His face went quite pale

I saw a ball of fire inside the transmitter and felt its heat on my face and hands

I cried softly, imagining some horrible re-arrangement of Andre's face - perhaps his eyes where his ears should be, or his mouth at the back of his neck

Now, can't you let me see your face, Andre? I won't be afraid.'

You know - "Who is she, the mysterious woman with the pale, beautiful face? Nobody knows."'

She had brown hair, a pale face and very deep grey eyes

Haydock is a big man with an honest face

'If you had seen his face last night...' I began.

'Well, I shall never forget his face when I met him outside my gate, or the way he said, "Oh, you'll see Protheroe all right!" That should have made me suspect what had just happened.' Haydock stared at me

Haydock's face had gone suddenly grey

As we all went out together, I looked over my shoulder and saw Lawrence Redding's face

His eyes were looking at the note in my hand and I have never seen such pain in any human being's face.

Her face was pale, but had a strange determined expression.

There was something dead about her face

Inspector Slack's face was suddenly very red

I pushed forward - and came face to face with Inspector Slack.

It was a picture of someone, but the face had been cut in such a violent way that it was unrecognizable.

His face went red

Miss Hartnell's face turned red

I told her about the picture at Old Hall with the person's face cut

'That is not wise just now.' And then her face went pink.

The head of the thing was rounded and had, one could say, a face

When I saw how white her face was, I began to comfort her and myself by repeating all that Ogilvy had told me about the impossibility of Martians capturing the Earth.

I remember the dinner table that evening very clearly even now: my dear wife's sweet, worried face looking at me from under the pink lamp-shade, the white cloth laid with silver and glass, the glass of red wine in my hand

Her face, I remember, was very white as I drove away.

The flashing light was blinding and confusing, and thin rain hit my face as I drove down the slope.

Then the lightning flashed again and I saw his face

I could not see his face

I began to see his face, blackened and exhausted, as no doubt mine was too.

This exploded right in its face

As I woke up, I noticed a seated figure with his face staring at the sky, watching the sunset.

Realizing from his face that a fight was unavoidable, and being a good boxer, my brother hit him hard and knocked him back onto the wheel of the cart.

The man, who looked very well built, tried to move in closer, but my brother hit him in the face

His face was white and shining

My brother, with red whip-marks on his face and hands from the car's driver, got up into the driving seat.

There were signs of people in the next house on Sunday evening - a face at a window and moving lights, and later the closing of a door

I lay there unconscious for a long time, the curate told me, and when I woke up he was wiping my face with a wet handkerchief.

Each body had a face in front of it

This face had no nose - I do not think they had any sense of smell - but it had a pair of very large, dark eyes, and just beneath these a kind of v-shaped mouth

I turned and saw an unhappy face and silent, moving lips

All day and all night we sat face to face

His black hair fell over his eyes, and his face was dark and dirty and thin, so at first I did not recognize him.

And just as I was beginning to face these things, the soldier stopped digging and looked at me.

'I was looking at the cottage, when suddenly I saw a face watching me from an upper window

There was something strange about the face, Mr Holmes, that frightened me

I was not very near, but there was something unnatural and inhuman about the face

I walked closer to the house, but the face suddenly disappeared.

'"If we need any help, we'll call you," she said and shut the door in my face.

'That night I did not tell my wife about the strange face and the rude woman, but I did tell her that people were now living in the cottage.

I stopped for a minute in front of it to look for that strange face

Then as we started to leave, I looked up and there was that yellow face watching us out of the upper window

Then he said, 'Are you sure that the yellow face was a man's face?'

'Well, it must be that creature with the yellow face

Upon my word, Watson, there is something very attractive about that yellow face at the window, and I would not miss this case for worlds.'

That is why he has that horrible yellow face

Her face was turned away from us when we entered the room, but we could see she was wearing a red dress and long white gloves

Her face was the strangest yellow colour and it had absolutely no expression.

'I will tell you everything,' cried his wife with a proud face

'You like the idea, but I don't,' his face said

Poor Harris, his face was almost black.

I never saw a man's face change so quickly.

It was in the grass! His face was red and furious.

'Hei Mercy.' And the door opened to show the face of Connie, her big sister, six years older, and now heavy with her second child

Tears ran down Connie's face

She lies down again and turns her face to the wall, and James throws himself down beside her.

She was young and thin with a pale, worried face

'What will her face be like?' I asked myself as she got nearer

He was obviously concerned about her pale face and sad expression

I noticed it in her letters, and now I see it in her face

He is enormously fat, and his face looks like Napoleon's

I suppose my face gave away my secret

I felt the Count's cool grey eyes on my face

Her face was pale, her hand was trembling, and her eyes looked at Laura with hatred

It was Miss Halcombe, her face sadly changed by suffering and sadness

Her face was pale and thin, and her long suffering in the asylum had affected her mind, so that her expression was vague and her memory confused

The Count's face - which had been happy a few seconds before - was suddenly full of fear! He stood up and quickly left the theatre

As I walked up to the Count's door, I noticed the blond man with the scar on his face from the opera

Who is he? Where is he from? He wears a black mask and no one can see his face

His face is white

Zorro slaps his face and says, "This is your punishment." Then he makes a Z on the Sergeant's shirt with his sword.

"You want to marry me!" She is surprised and her face is red.

Lolita slaps the Captain's face.

His face is red with anger

Every Avenger has a mask on his face

His face is white.

The Governor says, "Now that you are free, show us your face!"