Half Mask

“Good, Pascal,” she whispered, and set him on the floor, pulling the half-mask down over her face. ❋ Kelly Keaton (2011)

A boy had picked out a white "Phantom of the Opera" half-mask. ❋ John Kelly (2010)

Chino, usually the servant of the Comic Father or the Merchant, is willowy and mischievous, with a black half-mask, with slanted eye holes, with red-and-yellow diamond-figured tights and pullover. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What would the Timid Captain be if he did not, beneath his long-nosed half-mask, have those fierce mustaches to twirl, the formidable wooden sword dragging behind him? ❋ Unknown (2010)

I cinched up my hood, pulled down the half-mask, and looked around. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The woman wore a half-mask made of peacock feathers that spread out over the top of her head, leaving only her eyes to pierce through like gleaming stones. ❋ Dahlquist, Gordon (2006)

Chang wiped his mouth and spat, his blood-smeared jaw like the painted half-mask of a red Indian or a Borneo pirate, and his bone-weary voice from another world altogether. ❋ Dahlquist, Gordon (2006)

Some twenty feet away stood a shapely woman in a dark dress, her hair tied back with ribbon and her face obscured by a half-mask of black feathers. ❋ Dahlquist, Gordon (2006)

Flaüss wore a plain black half-mask across his eyes. ❋ Dahlquist, Gordon (2006)

Looked at my wall of masks 2 and selected the skull half-mask as the best for the evening. ❋ Badger (2005)

I slipped on a half-mask and, with a heavy jemmy in one hand and a dark-lantern in the other, padded across the lawn, keeping low until I reached the shelter of the house. ❋ Mark Gatiss (2004)

One face wore a black half-mask, and under it the mouth was twisting about in such a madness of nerves that the black tuft of beard wriggled round and round like a restless, living thing. ❋ Gilbert Keith (2003)

And as if to set the example, he pulled off his hat, which proved to be fastened to his half-mask. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2003)

He wore a half-mask of gold surmounted by a huge hat crowned with feathers, the costume an elaborate doublet and trews of silk and velvet in reds and yellows. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2003)

Dave: Did you see that guy [breathing] all over the [shelves]? Sarah: Yeah, he was [flying] at half mask. ❋ Anangrygoose (2021)

The grocery worker was [scolded] by his manager [fot] being [half masked] while filling the shelves. ❋ Countercorkscrew (2020)

Dude 1: I was at [Costco] and this guy had [a mask] on but it was just slightly covering his mouth. Dude 2: oh he [out here] Half Masking ❋ Godzac (2021)

He at [half mask] ❋ Andrew Malky (2021)