A ruddy-faced boy asked me if my father ate people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dreams From My Father]

Dr O. is an eccentric ruddy-faced bearded Welshman.    From Wordnik.com.  [What I cooked last night.] Reference

Was a ruddy-faced and chubby-legged philosopher of four.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 3, 1892] Reference

The postman was a ruddy-faced man who had been a soldier.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prussian Officer and Other Stories] Reference

I know, had a young ruddy-faced bonne opened the door to admit me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Villette] Reference

Even with the ruddy-faced fruits there would have been plenty to do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29] Reference

Panting and ruddy-faced with his effort, he laughed as Mach finished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out of Phaze]

Montazeri is a ruddy-faced man with the accent of his native Najafabad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Rules Iran?] Reference

Sayeed is not at all as Laila had pictured him, ruddy-faced and pea-eyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Thousand Splendid Suns]

These ruddy-faced people are very devils, if you meddle with their family affairs!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

The room was filled with ruddy-faced fishermen and those who rely on their business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tempers Flare At Town Hall On Gulf Coast] Reference

A ruddy-faced man in a saffron-colored tunic was striding down the beach to the Xanthos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Silver Bow]

He sat in a big chair, bent a little, plump and ruddy-faced, with a fringe of white hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tin Soldier] Reference

The Praetor, ruddy-faced in the cold, his iron gray hair blown back by the wind, laughed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darkness]

The ruddy-faced and rugged-looking mage with the purple blotch on his cheek smiled at Jeslek.    From Wordnik.com.  [The White Order]

Feeney was a ruddy-faced, heavyset sixty-five-year-old, with eyebrows as furry as caterpillars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Courting Trouble]

"Come on, Oleson," the former said to the third one of the party, a fair-haired, ruddy-faced giant.    From Wordnik.com.  [FINIS] Reference

He noticed a white-maned, ruddy-faced, sharp-featured, tall military-looking authority at the wheel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just a Corpse at Twilight]

Norman Fitch was a large, normally ruddy-faced man, but he looked as if he'd been kicked in the gut.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broken Symmetry] Reference

The 'baby' is Tim Gabrio, 59, a ruddy-faced Navy vet who helped rescue 102 downed pilots in Vietnam.    From Wordnik.com.  [57,000 Veterans Honored By Rifle Squad Over 30 Years] Reference

Nevertheless, she produced a ruddy-faced, slant-eyed little fellow; and then her great worries began.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hawaii]

Next on the list was a German, a ruddy-faced man with mutton-chop whiskers and prominent, watery eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australia Felix] Reference

The apartment door was already open and a ruddy-faced, ugly little man in his sixties held out his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Noble House]

Anna remained seated at the table, waiting until the ruddy-faced lord slipped into the chair opposite her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spellsong War]

The ruddy-faced majer stood immediately as he caught sight of the Myrmidon uniform and the colonel's stars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alector's Choice]

Another complained: "Everything I've tried on makes me look like a ruddy-faced peasant carrying a pig to market.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Alexis Petridis: A toast to Toast] Reference

When he swept into Manhattan from London two weeks ago, pink-tied and ruddy-faced, he turned heads on the streets.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Press Lord's Tattered Prize] Reference

It was finally agreed that the young gentleman should be called Titus Bright, after the little ruddy-faced inn-keeper.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference

The stout, ruddy-faced skipper seemed to be changed to stone for an instant, and his fixed glare was full upon Andrews.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference

Especially remarkable to Morganson was the extreme pallor of the Swede, who the preceding night had been so ruddy-faced.    From Wordnik.com.  [FINIS] Reference

Once one of the jewels in the crown of the British empire, and still home to tens of thousands of prosperous, ruddy-faced.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Holmes pushed open the door of the private bar and ordered two glasses of beer from the ruddy-faced, white-aproned landlord.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]

"I am the Commander of the British Army in France," said a thick-set ruddy-faced, grey-haired officer in staff cap and uniform.    From Wordnik.com.  ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference

“That is Lord Rufford,” said Morton, pointing to a stout, ruddy-faced, handsome man of about thirty, who was the owner of the carriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Senator] Reference

Still, she was not prepared for this ruddy-faced young man, who would have looked more at home on a rugby field or in a bar afterward, lifting a pint.    From Wordnik.com.  [In a Strange City]

Tristan, a sturdy, ruddy-faced youth a few years younger than Simon, went around the table pouring red Rhone valley wine into everyone's cup but his father's.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference

"September," said the man, "marks the passing of summer and the advent of autumn, the time of ripening ruddy-faced fruits and the reign of a rich and gloriously-coloured flora.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29] Reference